Israeli Attacks Kill 51, Including Two Medical Workers, In Lebanon’s Qalawiya And Tibnin

The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours killed 51 people, including two medical workers, and it said the raids targeted two points of the Health Authority in Qalawiya and Tibnin in the Bint Jbeil district.

“The Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours have killed 51 people, including two medical workers”

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera quoted the ministry saying, “The Israeli enemy continues to violate international laws and humanitarian norms, adding more crimes against paramedics,” as it described the strikes on paramedics.

Al Jazeera

The same report said a ceasefire brokered by the United States was into its third week, while the ministry said 2,846 people had been killed across Lebanon since March 2 when Israeli forces began a new military operation.

Al Jazeera also reported that Ali Safiuddin, the head of the Lebanese Civil Defence in Tyre in southern Lebanon, said, “We’re under threat every second, every day,” as he described losing people and feeling “already gone as well.”

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli attacks since March 2 have killed at least 2,846 people and wounded 8,693 others, and it said 552 of those killed and 1,149 of the injured were recorded after the ceasefire came into effect on 16 April.

Middle East Eye framed the toll by repeating the ministry’s figures, stating that “Israeli attacks have killed at least 2,846 people and wounded 8,693 others since 2 March.”

Anadolu Ajansi

In a separate account of Sunday strikes, Hindustan Times said Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon killed two paramedics affiliated with the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee, and it reported that a Lebanese health ministry statement said Israel “directly targeted, with two strikes, two Health Committee sites”.

Hindustan Times added that the Lebanese health ministry statement decried Israel’s continued “violation of international laws,” while it also said the Israeli military claimed its forces struck “more than 20 terror infrastructure” sites in southern Lebanon.

Shafaq News said Iran tied Lebanon ceasefire efforts to a broader US deal, treating ending hostilities in Lebanon as a “red line,” and it said Tehran also demanded the removal of restrictions imposed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on its oil sector.

Shafaq News reported that Tehran proposed an immediate halt to the war once an agreement is announced, followed by a 30-day phase of technical and legal negotiations, and it described a “reciprocal steps” mechanism to test Washington’s willingness to implement commitments.

Hindustan Times said Lebanon and Israel are preparing to hold a third round of talks on Thursday and Friday in Washington, with veteran Lebanese diplomat Simon Karam appointed by President Joseph Aoun to lead Lebanon’s delegation.

The same Hindustan Times report said the truce released by Washington allows Israel to act against “planned, imminent or ongoing attacks,” while it also said Israeli troops are operating behind an Israeli-declared “yellow line” that runs around 10 kilometres north of Lebanon's border.