WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon health care

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Israeli strikes killed more than 160 rescuers and health workers in the past year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the Lebanese government. (AFP)
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  • ‘… We are again and again and again emphasizing that health care is not a target; health workers are not a target’

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday it is deeply concerned about Israeli attacks hitting health care workers and facilities in Lebanon, in its war against Hezbollah.
“We are really, really concerned, deeply concerned, about the rising attacks on health workers and the facilities in Lebanon, and we are again and again and again emphasizing that health care is not a target; health workers are not a target,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a media briefing in Geneva.

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