By Laila Bassam

CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Lebanese paramedics had been killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli assault whereas they had been extinguishing fires within the southern city of Faroun, Lebanon’s well being ministry stated on Saturday.

“Israeli forces targeted a team from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by recent Israeli airstrikes,” a ministry assertion stated, specifying that the strike hit a hearth truck.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the Israeli assault as a violation of worldwide regulation and introduced an emergency assembly on Monday with Western ambassadors and worldwide organisations to handle the continued hostilities.

“To date, because of Israel’s aggression, 25 paramedics from various ambulance teams have been killed, along with two health workers, and 94 paramedics and health workers have been injured,” the well being ministry assertion added.

The well being ministry additionally condemned the assault as a “blatant strike” on an official Lebanese state equipment, marking the second such assault on an emergency workforce in lower than 12 hours.

The Israeli navy stated it was trying into the report.

It had stated earlier that it had carried out a variety of strikes towards Hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure in a number of areas in southern Lebanon, after the group fired rockets into northern Israel.

Hezbollah issued a press release, saying it launched a “squadron of missiles” in response to the Faroun assault, concentrating on an Israeli navy headquarters, inflicting casualties.

The depth of preventing between Hezbollah and Israel has ratcheted up steadily, displacing tens of 1000’s of individuals on both aspect of the Lebanese-Israeli frontier.