💢 NEW: Israeli double strike kills photojournalist and 3 paramedics — 7 paramedics killed in less than a day in southern Lebanon An Israeli drone strike on Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, a town in the Sour district of southern Lebanon, killed photojournalist and rescue worker Ahmad Hariri and fellow paramedics Ali Ghassani and Hussein Reda Kassir after they were struck while heading to the site of an earlier attack in the village, according to local reports and footage from the scene. The death toll from the double strike later rose to six. The victims included three paramedics, two Syrian nationals including a young girl, and Ali Alameh, a local barber who had stayed behind to offer free haircuts to residents refusing to evacuate. Earlier the same night, four paramedics from the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes targeting two of the organization’s centers in Hanouiyeh, also in the Sour district. The Lebanese Press Photographers’ Syndicate mourned Hariri, saying he was killed “while carrying out his professional and humanitarian duty.” Lebanon’s Health Ministry condemned the strikes, noting they came less than two days after the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for the protection of medical personnel in Lebanon. Journalist @cbonneauimages also mourned her friend and colleague Ahmad Hariri in a post linked below.
