US EditionIsraeli Strike Kills 12 Medics in a Clinic in Southern Lebanon
The strike occurred amid escalating Israel–Iran tensions, killing 12 medical staff at a southern clinic during a week of intensified conflict, Lebanon’s health ministry reported.
- Saturday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that an Israeli strike on a southern clinic killed five medical workers.
- Following cross-border attacks, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Lebanon it would face escalating damage to infrastructure, as Hezbollah responded to last week's attack by Tehran-backed militants.
- A UN spokesperson said the organization was aware and would provide more information, as the UN launched a $325 million humanitarian appeal and urged a ceasefire.
- The strikes killed civilians in Miyeh w Miyeh and preceded the burial of four children and five relatives in Irkey, highlighting civilian tolls, according to Lebanese officials.
- Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said 'We have prepared ourselves for a long confrontation', as Israel renewed evacuation warnings and dropped leaflets over Beirut, with the Israeli military not immediately commenting.
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WHO chief Tedros says 12 dead in strike on primary healthcare center in Lebanon
March 14 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday that it has verified 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses were killed in a strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare center in Lebanon late on Friday."The killings in the last 24 hours of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon mark a tragic development in the escalating Middle East crisis," Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X, noting t…
In Lebanon, the Israeli air offensive and the ground fighting with Hezbollah on the border are not weakening. Israel claimed on Friday that it had carried out since 2 March "more than 1,100 strikes" on Lebanon, including about 190 against the elite al-Radwan force of the Shiite party. The Lebanese health sector was particularly in the sights of the Israeli army in recent hours. Israeli strikes have killed 31 medical personnel since 2 March, incl…
At least twelve people were killed in the attack on the village of Burj Kalauiyeh.
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