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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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William Christou in Beirut

Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals

People inspect rubble.
Workers inspect destruction at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Habariyeh near the Israeli border on 27 March 2024. Photograph: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty Images

Israel used a US weapon in a March airstrike which killed seven healthcare workers in southern Lebanon, according to a Guardian analysis of shrapnel found at the site of the attack, which was described by Human Rights Watch as a violation of international law.

Seven volunteer paramedics, aged between 18 and 25, were killed in the 27 March attack on an ambulance center belonging to the Lebanese Succor Association in the town of al-Habariyeh in south Lebanon on 27 March.

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