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WHO Condemns Deadly Attacks on Paramedics in Southern Lebanon
The World Health Organization confirmed 51 health workers died in March amid intensified strikes disrupting medical services and displacing nearly 1.3 million people, officials said.
- On Saturday, nine paramedics were killed in five Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, bringing the total number of medical workers killed in March to 51, according to the World Health Organization.
- Intensified strikes since early March have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced nearly 1.3 million, while five hospitals and 49 primary healthcare centres shut down.
- Doctors Without Borders paediatrician Hassan Harissi, working from a mobile clinic, reports colleagues treat patients daily "while not knowing whether their own home is still standing, or whether family members are in danger."
- United Nations Special Rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Francesca Albanese used the term "medicide" to describe deliberate targeting of healthcare systems, characterizing the ongoing pattern of killing health workers and devastating medical infrastructure.
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WHO says attacks in southern Lebanon kill nine paramedics
March 28 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Saturday that nine paramedics were killed and seven others wounded in five separate attacks on health care in southern Lebanon. The latest incidents struck medical teams in five separate villages, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a social media post. He added that the repeated strikes have severely disrupted health services in southern Lebanon. Four ho…
WHO Condemns Deadly Attacks on Paramedics in Southern Lebanon
The World Health Organization reports that nine paramedics have been killed and seven wounded in attacks on healthcare facilities in southern Lebanon. These incidents have disrupted services with many hospitals and primary healthcare centers forced to close, heavily affecting the region's healthcare operations.
Lebanese media reports indicate that nine people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on various areas of southern Lebanon, including five paramedics from health organizations...
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