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WHO Confirms 12 Health Staff Deaths in Lebanon
15 Mar
Summary
- WHO verified 12 doctors, paramedics, and nurses killed in Lebanon.
- A strike on a primary healthcare center in Bourj Qalaouiyeh caused fatalities.
- Two paramedics were previously killed in Al Sowana attack.
The World Health Organization has verified that 12 healthcare professionals, encompassing doctors, paramedics, and nurses, lost their lives in an attack late Friday. The strike targeted the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare center in southern Lebanon. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the killings as a "tragic development" in the escalating Middle East crisis. This incident follows an earlier event on the same day where two paramedics were killed in an attack on a health facility in Al Sowana. The ongoing conflict has resulted in extensive Israeli bombing campaigns against Hezbollah, causing significant casualties and displacement.
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