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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

Paramedic killed by Israeli drone attack ‘while carrying patient out of ambulance’

  • Hassan Badawi, a 31-year-old Red Cross paramedic, was killed in an Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon while reportedly carrying a patient out of an ambulance.
  • His death makes him one of 89 medics killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon since 2 March, with over 100 attacks on healthcare facilities reported in the region.
  • The Israeli military said they targeted a Hezbollah terrorist and are reviewing the incident, acknowledging reports of a Red Cross team being injured in the strike.
  • The World Health Organisation and the International Committee of the Red Cross warn of a devastating humanitarian situation in southern Lebanon, with medical facilities facing closure and severe constraints on access to aid.
  • Humanitarian and medical organisations, including the British Medical Association, have condemned attacks on healthcare workers as violations of medical neutrality.

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