Beirut.- An Israeli drone attacked a Civil Defense vehicle belonging to the Islamic Health Authority in southern Lebanon with guided missiles this Thursday, injuring two paramedics, reported the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA).
The Islamic Health Authority reported in a statement reproduced by the NNA that the attack took place while the Civil Defense team was carrying out its humanitarian work following an attack in the Al Barid neighborhood, in the city of Nabatieh al Fawqa.
“The Israeli enemy attacked the area where the paramedics were working, causing minor injuries to two of them, in addition to damage to the team’s ambulance,” the note added, detailing that simultaneously, the Ali al-Taher hill, located on the outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, was subjected to intense Israeli artillery shelling.
On the other hand, rescue teams recovered the bodies of three deceased individuals inside the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, also in the Nabatieh governorate, while search and rescue efforts continue after the Lebanese Army deployed in this town two days ago, according to the NNA.
The Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday that, since the beginning of the current military escalation on March 2, the total death toll has reached 4,328, with 12,232 injured.
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The Israeli army continues to carry out sporadic bombings
Although violence has decreased significantly in recent weeks following the truce announced between the United States and Iran and Washington’s warnings to Israel regarding the continuation of its operations in Lebanon, the Israeli army continues to carry out sporadic bombings, artillery attacks, and controlled explosions against various points in the south of the country, according to the NNA.
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The Lebanese Army deployed last Tuesday in the town of Zawtar al Gharbiya, one of the three areas included in the withdrawal agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
In accordance with the text of the framework agreement initialed by the three parties, the Lebanese Armed Forces will gradually assume responsibility for “full and effective security” in what they have termed “pilot zones,” from which Israeli troops will “gradually” withdraw after having occupied them during their invasion in the south of the Mediterranean country.
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However, the Israeli withdrawal will be conditioned on the “successful disarmament of non-state armed groups and the dismantling of their infrastructure in those areas,” in reference to the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, according to the text of the agreement.
