Three killed in Israeli airstrike were emergency workers, Lebanon says. Israel says it targeted terrorists
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Three people have been killed and two wounded in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, authorities in the country said Saturday.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public health said three emergency workers were killed in the attack as they tried to contain a fire in the town of Froun, Nabatieh district. It said the attack was the second time an ambulance team had been targeted within 12 hours and was a violation of international law.
However, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike had “eliminated terrorists” from the Amal movement, a Hezbollah-allied Shia group. The Amal movement released a statement saying two of its members had been killed “while performing their humanitarian and national duty in defense of Lebanon and the South.”
Lebanon PM demands emergency meet with Western ambassadors after Israeli strike
Prime Minister Najib Mikati demanded an urgent meeting with Western ambassadors after a deadly Israeli attack on Civil Defence personnel in southern Lebanon.
“Based on the principle that the Israeli enemy disregards international laws and norms, I have called for an urgent meeting with Western ambassadors and representatives of international organizations at the government palace on Monday,” he said in a statement.
The aim of the meeting is “to hold everyone accountable for stopping the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to pressure the Israeli enemy, which ignores any law and continues to fuel its crimes against Lebanon and the Lebanese people”.
Earlier, three paramedics were killed and two others wounded in the attack, which hit a fire truck in southern Lebanon.
