BBC joins paramedics on duty in Lebanon after Israeli strikes
A BBC correspondent documents the ghostly reality of a once-vibrant Lebanese city, now abandoned and patrolled only by paramedics responding to Israeli strikes.
A BBC correspondent documents the ghostly reality of a once-vibrant Lebanese city, now abandoned and patrolled only by paramedics responding to Israeli strikes. | Contesto: cronaca
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NABATIEH, Lebanon — BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega spent a night shift embedded with paramedic crews in this southern Lebanese city, documenting a landscape transformed by recent Israeli military strikes from a bustling urban center into an abandoned ghost town. The reporting, conducted in recent days, captures the immediate aftermath of the attacks, where emergency medical teams now operate as the sole human presence in deserted streets that were once filled with life. The paramedics, navigating the city under the constant threat of further strikes, described a duty defined by profound isolation and peril. Their work, once focused on traffic accidents and community health emergencies, has been wholly redefined. They now race through silent neighborhoods, their sirens often the only sound breaking the stillness, responding to calls for help from the few remaining residents or from strikes on the city's periphery. The crews detailed the psychological toll of operating in a vacuum, where normal civilian infrastructure—from shops to bystanders—has vanished, leaving them utterly alone with the trauma of each incident. Nabatieh, historically a commercial and cultural hub for southern Lebanon, stands as a stark symbol of the conflict's devastating impact on civilian life beyond the immediate front lines. Local accounts, corroborated by the paramedics, describe a rapid and near-total exodus. Families fled with what they could carry, businesses were shuttered overnight, and the social fabric of the city unraveled within days. This transformation from a "vibrant" community to an evacuated zone highlights a broader pattern of displacement and urban collapse repeated across southern Lebanese border areas since hostilities intensified. The presence of an international news team with the medics underscores the extreme risks faced by emergency workers in active conflict zones. Without the protective symbols typically afforded to medical personnel in more conventional settings, these crews operate in a grey area, their ambulances vulnerable targets. Their testimony provides a ground-level view of a war where civilian areas are increasingly becoming the...
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