14 health workers killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 14 health workers in Lebanon were killed in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

The victims included 12 doctors, one paramedic and one nurse in a strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare centre in Lebanon late on Friday, Reuters reported, quoting WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

He said: “The killings in the last 24 hours of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon mark a tragic development in the escalating Middle East crisis.”

He noted that earlier in the day two paramedics had been killed in an attack on a health facility in Al Sowana.

Israel has launched a large-scale offensive against Lebanon in its war with Hezbollah, resulting in more than 770 deaths and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

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