Due to the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, at least 102 medical workers were killed and 83 injured in Lebanon in the last year. As TASS informs, the representation of the United Nations Department for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Lebanon informed about this.
According to the document, at least 55 attacks on medical facilities and 27 on ambulances have also been reported in Lebanon since October 8, 2023. Border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began in 2023. since October 8, after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel, which initiated hostilities in the Palestinian enclave.
At the end of September, Israel began airstrikes on Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon, and on October 1, it launched a limited ground operation in Lebanon, stating that it wants to create safe conditions for the return of tens of thousands of displaced residents from the north of Israel.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,600 people have been killed and more than 12,400 injured in Israeli airstrikes in the last year, most of them in the last month. In addition, around 1.3 million people were displaced during the conflict.
