Paramedics killed in Israeli attack on civil defence centre in southern Lebanon

Six paramedics have been killed in an Israeli strike on a civil defence centre in Sahmar, western Beqaa, Lebanon's Health Ministry is reporting.

“The Ministry of Public Health mourns the brave martyrs and salutes the courage of all Lebanese paramedics who did not hesitate to perform their humanitarian duty despite the threats, intimidation and terror they were subjected to in order to hinder them from their first aid mission,” the ministry said on X.

The ministry announced on Sunday that 14 paramedics had been killed in Lebanon in just two days.