A staff member of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who was just in his early twenties, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Aïn Ebel, southerner Lebanon, on Friday. The strike hit the town in the morning hours, targeting an area where civilians were present. Ammar, a young staff member was working with humanitarian programmes linked to the Order of Malta in Lebanon.
Th Order of Malta has up to 60 programmes running in Lebanon including 12 primary healthcare centres, 12 mobile medical units, 7 agro-humanitarian centres, 3 mobile community kitchens and several social programmes, and facilities dedicated to persons with disabilities.
Israeli is pummeling Lebanon in its war against Iran as it targets Iran’s proxy in the country, Hezbollah. Israel’s airstrikes on Lebanon have been very extensive killing more than 800 people including many civilians. Hundreds of thousands of citizens have been displaced from Beirut, Tyre and other areas along the southern border.
Israeli and Lebanese diplomats will be meeting in Paris for talks. Israeli is making maximalist demands including an occupation in southern Lebanon to eject Hezbollah out of these areas.
Footage below of southern Beirut.
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