5 civil defense members killed in Israeli strike on Derdghaiya

Lebanon's state civil defense body said an Israeli strike on Wednesday killed five of its personnel in the country's south, with the health ministry condemning the latest deadly strike on rescue workers.

Five personnel "were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted the civil defense center in the (mainly Christian Tyre district) village of Derdghaiya as they were inside on the alert to receive emergency calls," a statement from the body said.

Lebanon's health ministry said the toll of five was provisional, calling on the international community to take a "firm position" after Israel "renewed its targeting of rescue and ambulance teams."