Borrell condemns Israeli strike in Beirut that killed 7 as violation of int’l law

ATHENS (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the Israeli strike in Beirut that killed seven people as a violation of international humanitarian law.

The “IDF targeted once again healthcare workers overnight, in central Beirut: 7 people including paramedics were killed,” he said on X.

“Not only are civilians the victims of attacks, including in densely populated areas, they are deprived of emergency care,” Borrell added, condemning it as a violation of international humanitarian law.

Seven paramedics with the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Authority were killed in an Israeli strike on a civil defense center in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday, the emergency medical service said.

Israel has launched massive airstrikes since September 23 on what it calls ‘Hezbollah targets’ across Lebanon, killing more than 1,100 victims including children and women, and displacing tens of thousands of others.

The top leadership of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah was killed in the Israeli assaults, including veteran leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,700 people, most of them women and children, following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas last October. Israeli forces began a ground incursion into Lebanon on Tuesday, and eight of their soldiers have so far been killed in clashes.