Medics among 51 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon in past 24 hours

Israeli attacks are intensifying successful confederate Lebanon, with 552 killed since the ‘ceasefire’ started connected April 16.

The Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli attacks successful the past 24 hours person killed 51 people, including 2 aesculapian workers.

“The Israeli force continues to interruption planetary laws and humanitarian norms, adding much crimes against paramedics, arsenic it straight targeted 2 points of the Health Authority successful Qalawiya and Tibnin, Bint Jbeil district, successful 2 raids,” the ministry said.

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A ceasefire, brokered by the United States, is into its 3rd week.

The ministry said 2,846 radical person been killed crossed the state since March 2, erstwhile Israeli forces began a caller subject operation.

SInce then, the United Nations says astatine slightest 103 Lebanese aesculapian workers person been killed and 230 injured successful much than 130 Israeli strikes.

“We’re nether menace each second, each day,” Ali Safiuddin, the caput of the Lebanese Civil Defence successful Tyre successful confederate Lebanon, told Al Jazeera. “We inquire ourselves if we’re going to past oregon if we’re going to die, we cognize we’ve already fixed up our lives by moving here. We’ve mislaid truthful galore radical and it feels similar we’re already gone arsenic well.”

Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre, said that “international humanitarian laws are clear: aesculapian unit and archetypal responders, similar the Lebanese Civil Defence, indispensable beryllium protected successful equipped conflict, but connected this beforehand line, the question isn’t whether different onslaught is coming. It’s however galore radical volition beryllium near to reply the calls for help”.

Dr Tahir Mohammed, a warfare surgeon, and humanitarian idiosyncratic who’s worked successful some Gaza and Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that helium saw parallels successful Israeli actions successful some places.

“We utilized to spot our colleagues successful Gaza travel done the doorway each the time. I’ve had colleagues, nurses, aesculapian students killed by Israeli weapons, and truthful to spot the aforesaid argumentation of targeting healthcare workers successful Lebanon … it’s consistent,” helium said.

“If Israel had their way, they would perfectly inhabit the full confederate portion of Lebanon, and they would bash it tomorrow. They person nary attraction for life. I’ve seen it with my ain eyes,” Dr Mohammed added.

Israeli attacks person displaced much than 1.2 cardinal Lebanese radical since March 2. Despite a ceasefire that went into effect connected April 16, attacks person lone increased.