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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Beirut

Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’

Paramedics in war zone uniforms and hard helmets search through the rubble of a building
Paramedics search a building for survivors in Nabatieh on Monday, shortly after an Israeli airstrike. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

When they received the call to respond to an Israeli airstrike in the city of Mayfadoun, in southern Lebanon, most of the paramedics held back, having previously seen colleagues killed by double-tap attacks targeting rescuers. But the medics from the Islamic Health Association (IHA) rushed to the scene.

By the time the other emergency workers arrived at the site, they found the IHA medics had indeed been caught in a second strike. They started evacuating their wounded colleagues, only for their ambulances to be hit in two further attacks.

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