WHO chief Tedros says 12 dead in strike on primary healthcare center in Lebanon

RiddleMaster · 2026-03-14T22:43:14+00:00

The WHO confirmed the killing of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon amidst escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah, highlighting the tragic toll of the ongoing crisis.

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2026-03-14 22:43:14

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March 14 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday that it has verified ‌12 doctors, paramedics and nurses were killed in a strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare center in Lebanon late on Friday.

“The ⁠killings in the last 24 hours of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon mark a tragic development in the escalating Middle East crisis,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X, noting that earlier ‌in ⁠the day two paramedics had been killed in an attack on a health facility in Al Sowana.

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Israel has launched ⁠an extensive bombing campaign against the powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which has killed more ⁠than 770 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more, while ⁠Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets across the border.

Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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