Three paramedics killed in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon

Three paramedics died in an Israeli raid in the town of Froun in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanonโ€™s National News Agency (NNA).

Two other paramedics were also injured during the attack with one left in critical condition, NNA announced on Saturday.

Lebanonโ€™s Ministry of Public Health announced the team of paramedics was targeted by Israel as it extinguished fires caused by recent Israeli strikes in the area.

The incident is the second of its kind in the last 12 hours. An Israeli raid on the town of Qabrikha also wounded two paramedics.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has denounced Israelโ€™s deadly attack on paramedics, stating that โ€œthis new aggression against Lebanon is a blatant violation of international laws โ€ฆ and human valuesโ€.

A statement from Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said that โ€œdue to [Israeli] aggressionโ€, 27 emergency personnel and health workers have been killed and 94 others wounded since October.

Two hospitals and 21 health centres have been โ€œtargetedโ€, while 32 fire or ambulance vehicles have been โ€œput out of service or partially damagedโ€. It urged an end to the โ€œrepeated and deliberate targeting of health workers and civiliansโ€, it added.

Mikati has also demanded an urgent meeting with Western ambassadors after the fatal raid on Civil Defence personnel in southern Lebanon.

โ€œBased on the principle that the Israeli enemy disregards international laws and norms, I have called for an urgent meeting with Western ambassadors and representatives of international organizations at the government palace on Monday,โ€ he said in a statement.

The aim of the meeting is โ€œto hold everyone accountable for stopping the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to pressure the Israeli enemy, which ignores any law and continues to fuel its crimes against Lebanon and the Lebanese peopleโ€.

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