'More tragedy' as five separate attacks on southern Lebanon kill nine paramedics and wound seven others, WHO chief says

[muriel_volestrangler]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organisation, has called for an end to attacks on medical staff after nine paramedics were ​killed in southern Lebanon on Saturday.

They were killed while working in the field in five separate attacks on Lebanese villages, Tedros said, bringing the number of health workers killed this month to 51. Seven medics were also reportedly wounded.

He wrote on X:

More tragedy in southern Lebanon today … March has been the second most deadly month for health workers in Lebanon since [the] WHO started monitoring attacks on health care in the country in October 2023.

More than 120 health workers have also been reportedly wounded since the escalation began in Lebanon on 2 March, overwhelmingly in the country’s south.

In Zoutar al-Sharqiya, five health workers were killed in a strike and two were injured, one critically. Two more health workers were killed and three wounded in Kfar Tibnit; one paramedic died in an attack at a health facility in Ghandouriyeh, while another was killed in a strike in Jezzine. Two were wounded in an attack on Kfar Dajjal

He added:

Health workers are protected under international humanitarian law and should never be targeted.

The only way to end these tragedies is to end attacks on health care, NOW!

Four hospitals and 51 primary health care centres in Lebanon were currently closed, “significantly limiting access to essential care at a time when it is most needed”, he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/28/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-war-updates-trump-us-negotiations-israel-strikes-lebanon-tehran-syria-explosions?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69c81d2e8f08a9060e5ec34b#block-69c81d2e8f08a9060e5ec34b

[ck4829]

1. So... are civ EMTs on the scene of a previous strike when another strike happens? I said it was bad when Russia did it

And our government calls it a terrorist attack.

Secondary terrorist attack:

USE OF SECONDARY EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TO TARGET FIRST RESPONDERS AND ONLOOKERS:

SECONDARY EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ATTACK TACTICS:

After an initial attack, terrorists may try to target first responders and onlookers by detonating a second explosive device in or around the anticipated safe area or evacuation locations..

Terrorists can conduct secondary attacks by infiltrating suicide bombers into crowds of bystanders or by detonating preset bombs remotely through the use of timers, remote triggers, or motion sensors.

http://web.archive.org/web/20171018172947/https://www.dni.gov/nctc/jcat/index.html

https://www.dni.gov/nctc/jcat/index.html (And current page that still has that up)

To... "double tap":

A Russian missile strike hit civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

After the first missile struck the Black Sea port city Friday morning, killing and wounding civilians, Ukrainian emergency service personnel who had rushed to the scene were then caught in a second strike, in an attack known as a “double tap” used by Russia throughout more than two years of its war in Ukraine.

“The Russian missile attack killed a paramedic and a rescue worker who had arrived at the scene after the first explosion to provide assistance. There are also heavily injured among the medics and rescuers,” Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration, wrote on Telegram.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-14-killed-dozens-injured-135301898.html

And back in August:

The identity of a woman who was among five civilians and emergency workers critically injured in a “double tap” missile strike that killed seven people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk remains a mystery, the head of the regional hospital has said.

Of the five, two were said to be civilians, one was a police officer and two were first responders. But the identity of the only woman in the group could not be discerned as her personal belongings were said to have been shredded in the blast.

The Iskander missiles that hit Pokrovsk had been launched 40 minutes apart, known as a “double tap”, leading to death and injury among those who rushed to the scene, near a hotel used by journalists, after the first strike.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/08/russian-strike-on-ukraine-city-kills-five-damaging-hotel-frequented-by-journalists

https://democraticunderground.com/100218782364

[malaise]

2. These are war crimes

and the global silence is deafening
Rec

[NewHendoLib]

3. They are indeed, my friend. The world is spiralling into

An abyss

[sheshe2]

4. We did a double tap on the Elementary School in Iran.

Did Pete as Sec of War order that?

[RockRaven]

5. Mass murder of health/emergency workers is a well trodden path.

And nobody is ever going to do anything about it, apparently.

[Brenda]

6. Also targeted and murdered 3 journalists

Wearing "Press" doesn't mean a damn thing to terrorists who claim they were killing terrorists.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/three-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-marked-press-car-in-lebanon

[Wuddles440]

7. Sickening!!!

Evil is running rampant and we are no longer the "good guys".

[Bayard]

8. I hate our country being in the same category as Russia, and Israel, for war crimes

But, that's where we are.