By Laila Bassam
CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Lebanese paramedics had been killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli assault whereas they had been extinguishing fires within the southern city of Faroun, Lebanon’s well being ministry mentioned on Saturday.
“Israeli forces focused a crew from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by latest Israeli airstrikes,” a ministry assertion mentioned, specifying that the strike hit a hearth truck.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the Israeli assault as a violation of worldwide regulation and introduced an emergency assembly on Monday with Western ambassadors and worldwide organisations to deal with the continued hostilities.
“Thus far, due to Israel’s aggression, 25 paramedics from varied ambulance groups have been killed, together with two well being employees, and 94 paramedics and well being employees have been injured,” the well being ministry assertion added.
The well being ministry additionally condemned the assault as a “blatant strike” on an official Lebanese state equipment, marking the second such assault on an emergency crew in lower than 12 hours.
The Israeli army mentioned it was wanting into the report.
It had mentioned earlier that it had carried out a variety of strikes towards Hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure in a number of areas in southern Lebanon, after the group fired rockets into northern Israel.
Hezbollah issued an announcement, saying it launched a “squadron of missiles” in response to the Faroun assault, concentrating on an Israeli army headquarters, inflicting casualties.
The depth of combating between Hezbollah and Israel has ratcheted up steadily, displacing tens of hundreds of individuals on both facet of the Lebanese-Israeli frontier.
