The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health issued a statement that refutes the Israeli claims about the use of ambulances for military purposes, stressing that such allegations are aimed at justifying the Zionist crimes against humanity.
What follows is the text of the statement:
Since the beginning of its aggression against Lebanon, the Israeli enemy has consistently targeted ambulance crews while they were performing their rescue duties on the front lines, until its criminality reached the point of targeting the primary health care center in the town of Burj Qalawiya, which is part of a network of centers spread across various Lebanese regions and which operate in coordination with civil associations under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Health, which makes the attack an unequivocal targeting of a Lebanese civilian health facility.
The attack targeted the entire staff working at the center, including doctors, paramedics, and nurses. Only one health worker survived, suffering serious injuries, while 12 others were killed, and the search continues for 4 missing people.
The total number of paramedic martyrs since March 2nd until today, amounting to 26 martyrs and 51 wounded, constitutes the most eloquent evidence of the enemy’s violent practices, which constitute a continuous series since the previous round of war, and a series that is more violent and comprehensive by expanding the range of its targets to include the Lebanese Red Cross for the first time since October 2023.
Therefore, the enemy army’s claim that ambulances are used for military purposes is nothing but a justification for the crimes this army commits against humanity, disregarding all international and humanitarian laws and the Geneva Conventions, which stipulate “the need to protect and respect medical personnel tasked with searching for and treating the wounded and sick,” as well as “the protection of medical units and facilities and not targeting them.”
Source: NNA