WHO Confirms 14 Doctors And Paramedics Killed In Israeli Strike On Lebanon Healthcare Centre As Death Toll Hits 826
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that 14 health workers — doctors, paramedics, and nurses — were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon within a single 24-hour period on Friday March 13 into Saturday March 14, 2026, as Israel dramatically intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon amid the ongoing Iran war. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the deaths on Saturday, saying the agency had verified that 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses were killed in a direct Israeli strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh Primary Healthcare Centre in the village of Burj Qalawiya in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, late on Friday night. In a separate Israeli strike on the southern village of Souaneh earlier on Friday, two more paramedics were killed and five wounded when their paramedic centre was hit — bringing the 24-hour total to 14 health workers killed. Tedros stressed that the attacks were part of what the WHO described as a ...