Two paramedics killed in strike on Hezbollah health center in Hanine

Two paramedics were injured Thursday in an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-affiliated Health Organization in Hanine.

Israeli warplanes had struck the Islamic Health Society in the Lebanese southern border town of Hanine, killing the two Hezbollah paramedics and injuring several others.

The Israeli army also shelled the southern border towns of Aitaroun and Aita al-Shaab and carried out airstrikes on al-Khiam.

Hezbollah for its part said it has attacked the Ramtha post in the occupied Shebaa farms, surveillance equipment at the Cobra hill, and groups of soldiers at the Metula, the Baghdadi, and the Tayhat Israeli posts. The group also targeted the Malkia post.

Hezbollah and Israeli forces have engaged in near-daily clashes for the past three months. The fighting escalated in recent weeks, particularly since suspected Israeli strikes killed a top Hamas leader and a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon this month.

Israeli officials have threatened a wider war in Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw its forces north of the Litani river as stipulated in a 2006 cease-fire agreement.

Meanwhile, the senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, Amos Hochstein, arrived in Beirut amid an international scramble to contain the regional fallout of the ongoing war in Gaza and prevent an escalation between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese front.

Hochstein was set to meet Thursday with Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and powerful Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.