Paramedic killed in Israeli airstrike on health care center in southern Lebanon
Airstrike destroyed newly built health care center on road connecting Ras al-Ain and Naqoura, which was providing emergency medical assistance to locals
ANKARA
Israeli forces destroyed a newly built health care center along a road connecting Ras al-Ain and Naqoura in southern Lebanon in an airstrike on Friday, killing one local paramedic.
The victim, identified as Zahir Ibrahim Ataya from the southern town of Tayr Harfa, was working for the Health Association, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
The airstrike destroyed the center, which had been established to provide emergency medical assistance to residents of the region.
A massive Israeli air campaign in Lebanon has been ongoing since late September against what it claims are Hezbollah targets, an escalation in year-long cross-border warfare since the start of the Gaza war.
More than 3,100 people have been killed and over 13,800 injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023, according to Lebanese health authorities.
Israel launched a ground assault into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1.
* Writing by Ikram Kouachi
