Three people have been killed and two wounded in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, authorities in the country said Saturday. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
However, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike had \u201celiminated terrorists\u201d from the Amal movement, a Hezbollah-allied Shia group. The Amal movement released a statement saying two of its members had been killed \u201cwhile performing their humanitarian and national duty in defense of Lebanon and the South.\u201d <\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati characterized the strike as \u201ca blatant violation of international laws and a blatant aggression against human values,\u201d and called on Western ambassadors and other international representatives to attend an emergency meeting at his headquarters in Beirut on Monday. <\/p>\n
He said the meeting aimed to demand accountability and \u201cpressure the Israeli enemy that does not care about any law and continues to ignite the fire of its crimes against Lebanon and the Lebanese.\u201d <\/p>\n
Cross-border fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has been an almost daily occurrence since the war in Gaza began. <\/p>\n
Hezbollah said Saturday it had responded to the strike on Froun by launching \u201ca squadron of suicide drones\u201d on a newly established IDF headquarters in Ayelet, northern Israel, and a \u201csalvo of Al-Falaq missiles\u201d at the Kiryat Shmona settlement. The IDF said it had identified several UAVs crossing from Lebanese territory, but that no injuries had been reported. <\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s Civil Defense director Brigadier General Raymond Khattar extended his \u201cdeepest condolences\u201d to the families of those affected. <\/p>\n
He also wished a \u201cspeedy recovery\u201d to one of the injured men, whom the Civil Defense identified as Mohammad Amasha. The injured man had been \u201ctransferred to Tebnin Governmental Hospital, where he is undergoing surgery due to a serious injury he sustained as a result of the raid,\u201d the Civil Defense said. <\/p>\n
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