CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Lebanese paramedics have been killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli assault whereas they have been extinguishing fires within the southern city of Faroun, Lebanon’s well being ministry mentioned on Saturday.
“Israeli forces focused a staff from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by current Israeli airstrikes,” a ministry assertion mentioned, specifying that the strike hit a hearth truck.
It condemned the assault as a “blatant strike” on an official Lebanese state equipment, marking the second such assault on an emergency staff in lower than 12 hours.
The Israeli army didn’t instantly remark.
The depth of combating between Hezbollah and Israel has ratcheted up steadily, displacing tens of 1000’s of individuals on both aspect of the Lebanese-Israeli frontier.
The battle erupted after Hamas launched an assault on Israeli territory on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 individuals and taking greater than 200 hostages into the Gaza Strip. Since then, Hezbollah has been drawn into cross-border clashes in southern Lebanon.