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Lebanese emergency employees say they’re beneath ‘particular assault’ by Israelis – however will not be intimidated to depart

By Editorial Board Published October 4, 2024 6 Min Read
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Lebanese emergency employees say they’re beneath ‘particular assault’ by Israelis – however will not be intimidated to depart

A number of ambulances destroyed, stations hit, Civil Defence crews killed… emergency employees in Lebanon say they’re struggling a sustained assault on them by Israeli forces.

“We are definitely coming under specific attack,” Sayyed Abdullah, head of Civil Defence within the south, instructed a bunch of primarily international media.

“We have had 40 ambulances which have been completely destroyed,” he mentioned, including: “On top of that 24 rescuing stations have been hit – just in this area.

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“They had been all focused instantly and I am simply talking about our organisation.”

A variety of his colleagues, younger and previous, echoed that perception.

One Civil Defence employee who’s been a part of the emergency crew for 20 years instructed us how earlier within the day, a workforce of his colleagues had raced to a bomb website to assist the injured.

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“The first team went to rescue them and they were hit. Another team went to rescue them, they were also hit,” he mentioned.

“At the end the Red Cross went to rescue them and they too were attacked.”

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His 20-year-old younger co-worker Yasser instructed us he wouldn’t be intimidated into leaving: “We will not leave. If we leave, who will look after the people?”

A number of Civil Defence crews have been killed – seven in a single hit in Beirut. Their colleagues and buddies want no extra convincing their lives are in danger.

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One Civil Defence employee mentioned two separate emergency crews and the Pink Cross had been hit making an attempt to assist at one bomb website

The airstrikes and casualties are every day on this space of southern Lebanon.

The thud of bombs touchdown are an everyday scary noise right here now. However with docs and nurses too feeling they’re being focused, it appears it is changing into an increasing number of dangerous to be an emergency employee in Lebanon.

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20-year-old Yasser mentioned he wouldn’t be intimidated into leaving

Tyre city in Lebanon

“There are international laws protecting doctors all over the world,” Dr Hussam Telleih, one younger physician instructed us, including: “But not in Lebanon.

“There aren’t any Hezbollah weapons on this hospital. You may see for your self. You have been everywhere in the hospital. We fully deny this.”

“They’re making an attempt to do right here what they did in Gaza. They mentioned the identical about al Shifa hospital in Gaza, calling it a Hamas management centre. We really feel we’re subsequent.”

Tyre city in Lebanon

As we’re on the newest bomb website the place the Civil Defence groups are working, an alarm goes up and we’re instructed to evacuate.

The crews are nervous. There is a group of them in a single place to speak to the assembled media and so they’re anxious that this variety of automobiles all collectively may draw the eye of the ‘eyes within the skies’ – the Israeli drones which additionally continually circle above.

We reached out to the Israeli Defence Forces media workplace for touch upon these accusations, however we acquired no reply.

Tyre city in Lebanon

After we transfer to a different website in Tyre metropolis, a younger man is hobbling on a crutch close to one other crushed constructing.

He tells us about what seems to be a miraculous escape from dying. An airstrike has brought about two buildings to break down, killing a household of 5. Three girls, together with a teen, a grandfather and a two-year-old child have died.

The younger man was within the neighbouring home however tells us he was trapped for a number of hours earlier than rescue employees pulled him out of the rubble barely acutely aware.

Tyre city in Lebanon

“It’s lies,” he says, referring to the Israeli declare that each home hit comprises Hezbollah weapons, a fighter or commander. “This is all lies. We are civilians and my uncle was killed and he wasn’t doing anything.”

We see, far off within the distance, dozens of volleys of rockets being fired off one after one other.

We have stopped to attempt to discover a mechanic who will help restore our automobile’s punctured tyre, and a small group has gathered to observe the rockets taking pictures off. There are appreciative noises and a frisson of pleasure among the many group because the blasts arc throughout the skyline.

However the way more fixed thunderous drum is the crashing thud and increase of Israeli missiles touchdown.

And that does not appear prone to ease any time quickly.

Alex Crawford stories from Tyre in southern Lebanon with digicam Jake Britton, specialist producer Chris Cunningham and Lebanon producers Jihad Jneid and Sami Zein.

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