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

2026-03-14 - 22:04

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. 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.