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Hizbollah says Israeli strike kills two affiliated medics

By AFP - Jan 12,2024 - Last updated at Jan 12,2024

BEIRUT — Hizbollah said an Israeli strike killed two affiliated medics in south Lebanon on Thursday in what it called a "blatant attack" on the first aid clinic where they worked.

"The Israeli enemy recently targeted a civil defence centre affiliated with the Islamic Health Committee in the town of Hanin, killing two martyrs," the group said in a statement.

"What happened is a blatant attack on a centre serving Lebanese citizens, providing relief and treating those wounded and injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression."

The Hizbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee said two of its staff had been killed by Israeli fire.

Hizbollah said it had launched "dozens of rockets" on the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona "in response".

Lebanon's health ministry condemned the attack "in the strongest terms" saying that it "directly targeted the Islamic Health Committee centre" and also hit an ambulance.

The Israeli forces said that it had struck Hezbollah targets, including "military sites, a military post and terrorist infrastructure", as well "a number of areas in Lebanese territory".

On November 5, four first responders were wounded when an Israeli strike hit two ambulances in south Lebanon.

Hizbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Hamas-Israel war began on October 7.

More than three months of violence have killed 190 people in Lebanon, more than 140 of them Hizbollah fighters but over 20 of them civilians, including three journalists, according to an AFP tally.

In northern Israel, nine soldiers and at least four civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.

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