The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Saturday that two paramedics were killed, and four others were injured after Israeli warplanes launched offensive raids in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the ministry reported that a paramedic was killed in Burj Rahal early this morning, after he was directly targeted by Israeli shelling while he was helping an injured person.
Another paramedic was killed, and four others were injured during an Israeli airstrike on a group of paramedics while they were performing their duties in Kfartabnit, the statement continued, affirming that two other paramedics were still missing.
Lebanon has been under Israeli offensive for more than a year which has been intensified since last September resulting in thousands of casualties and displacing over a million people.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, on Saturday. REUTERS
Mourners pray near the bodies of three civil defence members who were killed during an Israeli strike that hit a civil defence centre in Baalbek on Thursday, during their funeral, Lebanon, on Saturday. REUTERS
Rescuers search for survivors at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, on Saturday. AFP
A man stands next to a building set ablaze by an Israeli airstrike that targeted the centre of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, on Saturday. AFP
