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Israeli strikes kill six Lebanese medics in 24 hours
Reuters, Beirut
Published: 22 May 2026, 10:43 PM
Mohamad Saaydoun, 69, displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs, suffering from injuries after he survived an Israeli strike when he was fleeing home, who had previously lost part of his leg due to diabetes and a medical condition and later lost the rest of his leg in the strike, plays with his grandchild outside his tent at the Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, 21 May 2026. Photo: REUTERS
Six Lebanese paramedics were killed in two Israeli strikes
on southern Lebanon in the span of 24 hours, Lebanon's health ministry said on
Friday, condemning the attacks as violations of international law.
According to Lebanon's health ministry, an Israeli strike
overnight Thursday into Friday in the southern Lebanese town of Hanaway killed
four paramedics from the Islamic Health Association. On Friday morning, an Israeli
strike killed two medics from the Al-Rissala Scouts Association in Deir Qanoun
En-Nahr, the ministry said.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli military to
Reuters' questions on the strikes.
The ministry distributed a video that it said was in Deir
Qanoun En-Nahr, showing two men in yellow vests on the side of a road tending
to someone. When an ambulance approaches the two men, a flash is seen and a
loud boom goes off. The same men are then seen lying on the floor.
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video as the
western edge of Deir Qanoun En-Nahr from the buildings, trees and road layout
which matched archive imagery of the area.
The health ministry said that in total, six people were
killed in Deir Qanoun En-Nahr, including the two medics and a Syrian child. The
town had been hit by an airstrike earlier this week that killed 14 people, the
deadliest single strike since a tenuous ceasefire was announced last month.
More than 3,100 people have been killed in Lebanon since 2
March, when Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired at Israel in the opening
salvos of a new war.
The dead include 123 medics, as well as more than 210
children and nearly 300 women, according to statistics shared by the health
ministry on Friday.
International humanitarian law affords protection to
frontline responders, healthcare workers and civilian infrastructure, including
healthcare centres.
Several hospitals in southern Lebanon have been damaged or
entirely put out of service by Israeli strikes, according to the World Health
Organization.
On Thursday, an Israeli strike near the Tebnine Hospital in
southern Lebanon damaged all three floors of the building, including the
emergency room, intensive care unit, surgical ward and ambulances parked
outside, according to the health ministry.