Photo taken from the southern area of Marjayoun shows trails of smoke during ‘Israeli’ shelling on the outskirts of the village of Yohmor. (May 10, 2026)
Lebanon says two paramedics killed by ‘Israeli’ strikes in south
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Lebanon's health ministry said two paramedics from the Islamic Health Committee were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in two ‘Israeli’ strikes on the country's south despite a ceasefire.
As the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported ‘Israeli’ airstrikes and artillery shelling on a variety of other south Lebanon areas, ‘Israel's’ army warned residents of three villages to evacuate, saying it would act forcefully against the Iran-backed group there.
‘Israel’ has kept up strikes despite a ceasefire in place since April 17 that was supposed to halt hostilities with Hezbollah, while Hezbollah has pressed on with its own attacks, mainly on ‘Israeli’ troops operating in southern Lebanon but also across the border.
A Lebanese health ministry statement said that ‘Israel’ "directly targeted, with two strikes, two Health Committee sites", killing one paramedic and wounding three others in Qalaway, and killing another paramedic and wounding two others in Tibnin.
The statement decried what it called ‘Israel's’ continued "violation of international laws".
The ‘Israeli’ military said in a statement that on Sunday its forces had struck "more than 20 terror infrastructure" targets in southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and headquarters.
‘Israel’ has expanded its strikes in recent days, and the health ministry on Sunday raised the overall death toll from ‘Israeli’ strikes since war erupted to 2,846 killed, including 108 health and emergency workers.
‘Israeli’ raids have killed dozens of people in Lebanon since the ceasefire.
Under the terms of the truce released by Washington, ‘Israel’ reserves the right to act against "planned, imminent or ongoing attacks".
Its troops are operating behind an ‘Israeli’-declared "yellow line" which runs around 10 kilometres (six miles)north of Lebanon's border.
Residents have been warned not to return to the area.
On Saturday, the NNA reported heavy ‘Israeli’ strikes in various parts of Lebanon including one that killed seven people, and several raids around 20 kilometres south of Beirut outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds.
