Three paramedics killed in successive Israeli strikes in Lebanon, officials say

Lebanon condemns successive Israeli strikes that killed three paramedics, including one recently featured in international media. | Contesto: cronaca

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Three paramedics were killed in successive Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese village on Wednesday, according to Lebanese officials, who have condemned the attack as a "flagrant crime." The strikes, which hit the town of Blida, targeted two ambulances from the Islamic Health Society, a local relief organization. The first strike disabled one ambulance; a second strike minutes later hit a second ambulance that had arrived to evacuate the wounded from the initial blast, resulting in the fatalities. The Lebanese government issued a formal statement accusing Israel of deliberately targeting the medical teams, a charge that has escalated already severe diplomatic tensions along the volatile border. The incident has drawn particular international attention because one of the deceased paramedics, Mohammed Hamoud, was featured in a BBC television report from southern Lebanon just last week. In that report, Hamoud was filmed providing first aid to civilians injured in previous cross-border strikes. His death, witnessed by a global audience familiar with his face and work, has transformed him into a potent symbol of the human cost of the ongoing conflict. The BBC confirmed his identity and expressed profound sadness at the loss of a man they had recently documented serving his community under extreme duress. The border region between Lebanon and Israel has been the site of near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October. Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed militant and political group, has launched rockets, drones, and anti-tank missiles into northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas, while the Israeli military has conducted extensive air and artillery strikes on what it describes as Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. This sustained combat has displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the frontier and raised persistent fears of a full-scale war. The targeting of medical personnel, however, marks a significant and grim escalation in the nature of the hostilities. Under international humanitarian law, medical personnel and facilities are granted special protection and must not be attacked. The deliberate targeting of such...

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