“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 practically 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 response to well being ministry figures from late October.
On Friday morning, rescuers in Douris had been nonetheless pulling physique elements 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 associates within the rubble.
“Does it worsen than this sort of strike towards rescue groups and medics? We’re among the many first to … save folks. However now, we’re targets,” he mentioned.
On Thursday, Lebanon’s well being ministry mentioned greater than 40 folks had been killed in Israeli strikes on the nation’s south and east.
The ministry reported two lethal Israeli raids on emergency amenities 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 folks have been killed in Lebanon for the reason that clashes started final 12 months, in response to the ministry, nearly all of them since late September.
