Lebanon’s Mikati demands emergency meeting with ambassadors after Israeli strike on civil defense personnel
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati demanded an urgent meeting next week with Western ambassadors and representatives of international organizations in Lebanon, after an Israeli attack on civil defense personnel, Anadolu reports.
Three paramedics were killed and two others were injured in the strike earlier that targeted a civil defense fire truck in southern Lebanon.
Mikati condemned “the new Israeli aggression that targeted Civil Defense personnel while they were performing their duty to extinguish fires caused by the enemy’s airstrikes on the southern town of Feroun.”
“This new aggression against Lebanon constitutes a blatant violation of international laws and represents a flagrant attack on humanitarian values,” he said in a statement. “Based on the principle that the Israeli enemy disregards international laws and norms, I have called for an urgent meeting with Western ambassadors and representatives of international organizations at the government palace on Monday.”