“NOW, WE ARE TARGETS”
Starting on Sep 23, Israel escalated its air raids primarily on Hezbollah strongholds in east and south Lebanon, in addition to south Beirut after almost a 12 months of cross-border exchanges of fireplace.
Per week later, Israel despatched in floor troops to southern Lebanon.
Greater than 150 rescuers, most of them affiliated with Hezbollah and its allies, have been killed in additional than a 12 months of clashes, in accordance with well being ministry figures from late October.
On Friday morning, rescuers in Douris have been nonetheless pulling physique components from the rubble, strewn with dozens of paper paperwork, whereas Lebanese military troops stood guard close to the location.
Civil defence employee Mahmoud Issa was amongst these trying to find pals within the rubble.
“Does it worsen than this type of strike towards rescue groups and medics? We’re among the many first to … save individuals. However now, we’re targets,” he stated.
On Thursday, Lebanon’s well being ministry stated greater than 40 individuals had been killed in Israeli strikes on the nation’s south and east.
The ministry reported two lethal Israeli raids on emergency services in lower than two hours that day – the one close to Baalbek and one other on the south that killed 4 Hezbollah-affiliated paramedics.
The ministry urged the worldwide neighborhood to “put an finish to those harmful violations”.
Greater than 3,400 individuals have been killed in Lebanon because the clashes started final 12 months, in accordance with the ministry, the vast majority of them since late September.