BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said Saturday that Israeli strikes had killed 26 paramedics and wounded 51 others since conflict erupted between Israel and Hezbollah.
It came after Lebanese authorities said an overnight Israeli strike killed 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses working at a health care center in the southern town of Burj Qalawiya, following another strike on the town of Sawaneh that left two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and its ally Amal dead.
The ministry statement also accused Israel of repeatedly “targeting ambulance crews while they were performing rescue duties,” after the Israeli military on Saturday accused Hezbollah of using ambulances militarily.
