Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in new, separate strikes
Source: AP
By BASSEM MROUE
Updated 12:23 PM CDT, October 11, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three others on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, just hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days.
The incidents entangling both Lebanon’s official army — which has largely stayed on the sidelines of the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants — and the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has raised alarm as Israel broadens its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across the country and a ground invasion at the border.
In central Beirut on Friday, rescue workers were combing through the rubble of a collapsed building, searching for survivors of an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens in the Lebanese capital the night before.
Since Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in support of Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza, drawing Israeli retaliatory airstrikes, more than 2,229 Lebanese — including Hezbollah fighters, civilians and medical personnel — have been killed, according to the Lebanese health ministry. That includes 60 people killed and 168 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours alone, the ministry said.
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The Israeli army issued a warning to ambulances in southern Lebanon, stressing that they were targeted under the pretext of transporting Hezbollah elements.
The IDF said in a statement:
“We caution against the continued transport of Hezbollah elements in ambulances.”
“We call on Lebanese medical teams to avoid engaging with Hezbollah elements and not cooperating with them.”
He stressed that every action would be taken against any Hezbollah armed vehicle, as he put it.
IDF Spokesperson's Unit
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https://www.profilenews.com/en/israeli-military-announces-the-start-of-targeting-ambulances-in-lebanon/