Amid efforts of a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel continued its attacks and targeted paramedic teams in southern part of the country, killing at least three of them.
“The Israeli enemy targeted paramedic teams in the town of Mayfadoun, Nabatiyeh district, three consecutive times,” the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.
“This resulted in the martyrdom of three paramedics and the injury of six others, while one paramedic remains missing,” it said.
The Israeli military renewed an order for people to leave a swathe of southern Lebanon as it intensified the attacks on Wednesday, a day after talks with a Lebanese government envoy in Washington, which Hezbollah condemned and termed the Lebanese government move “a national sin” that would widen divisions in a deeply polarised Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it had struck over 200 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.
Trump has urged Israel to scale back attacks in Lebanon, apparently to avoid undermining the ceasefire with Iran.
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon has killed more than 2,000 people and forced 1.2 million from their homes since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities.
Tuesday’s meeting between officials of Lebanon government and Israeli government was hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.
The Israeli and Lebanese envoys said the talks were positive. Israel has said the aim of the talks is to disarm Hezbollah.
