Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 10 people, including two paramedics from the Lebanese Civil Defense, officials said on May 13 [1]. The paramedics, Hussein Jaber and Ahmad Noura, were identified by Lebanese authorities and died in Nabatieh while responding to an earlier attack that killed one person [1].
Lebanon’s health ministry accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting the paramedics. It described the attack as "further evidence of the Israeli enemy's blatant violation of international humanitarian law and its full disregard for all international norms" [1, 2]. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun expressed "sadness and regret at the killing of two Civil Defence members" [1].
A Syrian man was also killed and his wife wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the Tayr Debba area of southern Lebanon [1].
The Israeli military said it was investigating reports of paramedics killed while justifying the strikes as targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure in the region [1].
A funeral for the two Lebanese paramedics was held on May 15 in southern Lebanon, drawing hundreds of mourners [2]. Since the start of the recent conflict, Lebanon has recorded more than 140 Israeli attacks on ambulances and medical facilities, with 108 emergency medical workers killed [1].
The air strikes killed six people overnight in southern Lebanon, part of ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah forces operating in the area [1].
