Photo: Two Hezbollah Paramedics and one of its fighters were killed in an Israeli strike on South Lebanon. The attack caused “the destruction of the health center as well as several ambulances”.
Two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and one of the group’s fighters were killed in an Israeli strike on a south Lebanon border village, the group and a security source said Friday.
The Israeli army said late Thursday it had struck a Hezbollah “military compound” in south Lebanon’s Blida village, amid near-daily cross-border fire between the arch-foes since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.
The Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee said two of its paramedics were killed in a “direct” Israeli attack on a civil defense center in Blida, while Hezbollah also announced the death of one of its fighters.
The Islamic Health Committee said the attack caused “the destruction of the health center as well as several ambulances”.
The Lebanese security source, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media, said a strike on Thursday in Blida “targeted the Islamic Health Committee center”, adding that three people were killed.
The violence on Israel’s northern border has sparked fears of another full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah like that of 2006.
The Israeli army said it had identified fighters “entering a Hezbollah military compound in the area of Blida”, adding that “fighter jets were scrambled and struck the compound”.
In retaliation, Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack on northern Israel on Friday, after also announcing rocket fire the night before.
Lebanon’s health ministry condemned the “direct” attack on a civilian health center, and called on the international community to hold Israel to account for its “dangerous violations”.
Since October, at least 276 people have been killed on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 44 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to the Israeli army.
Last month, Hezbollah said an Israeli strike killed two affiliated medics in south Lebanon’s Hanin, calling it a “blatant attack”.
Hezbollah, which says it is acting in support of its ally Hamas, on Thursday fired rockets at Israel after two of its fighters were killed, later identifying one of them as a “commander”.
The security source said one of the two killed in the Israeli strike in south Lebanon’s Kfar Rumman was involved in the movement’s “rocket capabilities”.
AFP/ BARRONS
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