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At least 40 first responders killed in Lebanon by Israel in three days

More than 40 first responders and firefighters have been killed by Israeli fire since it invaded Lebanon three days ago, according to Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad.

Abiad said that 97 “paramedics and firefighters” had been killed and 188 wounded since Hezbollah and Israel began exchanging fire on 8 October. 

He added that a total of 1,974 people had been killed, among them 127 children, and that more than 9,350 had been wounded.