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WHO: Attacks on Health Care Workers in Lebanon on the Rise

A damaged building at the site of an Israeli military strike in Dahieh, a suburb in southern Beirut, Lebanon, 01 November 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
A damaged building at the site of an Israeli military strike in Dahieh, a suburb in southern Beirut, Lebanon, 01 November 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
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WHO: Attacks on Health Care Workers in Lebanon on the Rise

A damaged building at the site of an Israeli military strike in Dahieh, a suburb in southern Beirut, Lebanon, 01 November 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
A damaged building at the site of an Israeli military strike in Dahieh, a suburb in southern Beirut, Lebanon, 01 November 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

The World Health Organization is deeply concerned about rising attacks on health care workers and facilities in Lebanon, a WHO official said on Friday.

While 55 attacks have been verified, the actual number of incidents is likely to be significantly higher, Margaret Harris said at a UN briefing.

Six Lebanese health workers were killed and four wounded in Israeli strikes across south Lebanon on Thursday, the health ministry said in a statement.

The strikes killed five paramedics with the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee and one with the Amal-linked Risala Scouts, the ministry said.

The total number of health workers killed by Israel since October 2023 rose to 178 and 279 wounded, the ministry added.

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Macron Acknowledges Algerian Independence Leader Was 'Killed By French Soldiers' in 1957

This handout picture taken in the fifties shows Larbi Ben M’Hidi, an Algerian anti-French leader tortured to death in 1957 - File photo by AFP
This handout picture taken in the fifties shows Larbi Ben M’Hidi, an Algerian anti-French leader tortured to death in 1957 - File photo by AFP
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Macron Acknowledges Algerian Independence Leader Was 'Killed By French Soldiers' in 1957

This handout picture taken in the fifties shows Larbi Ben M’Hidi, an Algerian anti-French leader tortured to death in 1957 - File photo by AFP
This handout picture taken in the fifties shows Larbi Ben M’Hidi, an Algerian anti-French leader tortured to death in 1957 - File photo by AFP

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday recognized that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a key figure in Algeria's War of Independence against France, had been killed by French soldiers after his arrest in 1957, the French presidency said, AFP reported.

"He recognized today that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a national hero for Algeria... was killed by French soldiers," the presidency said on the 70th anniversary of the revolt that sparked the war, in a new gesture of reconciliation by Macron towards the former colony.

On September 13, 2018, Macron officially acknowledged that the French state was responsible for the disappearance of Maurice Audin, an anti-colonial activist who was arrested during the 1957 Battle of Algiers and never seen again.

Also, on March 3, 2021, the French president admitted that the French army was behind 1957 death of Ali Boumendjel during Battle of Algiers. Before this, Boumendjel, was said to have died after falling from a sixth-floor window.

However, the Elysée affirmed in its statement that he was arrested by the French army, hidden, tortured then assassinated on 23 March 1957.