A civil defence member inspects destroyed vehicles and rubble and debris in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment on the village of Shmistar in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley on April 8, 2026. NIDAL SOLH / AFP
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday, April 12, he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, even as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in south Lebanon that the fight there was far from over. The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that one of its paramedics had killed in the south.
They said its teams had been "directly targeted by an Israeli drone" while on a humanitarian mission, even though "the ambulances and their crews bore the protective Red Cross emblem". Secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Jagan Chapagain, said he was "appalled and saddened" at the killing of a second Lebanese Red Cross volunteer in weeks.
The United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL said an Israeli tank rammed its vehicles on two occasions, "in one case causing significant damage".
Israel says the fragile temporary ceasefire in the wider Middle East war does not apply to its battle with Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. It has kept up its attacks on the country as the militants fight back.
