The organization quoted the health authorities in Lebanon as saying that 37 people were killed and 3,000 injured in the explosion of communication devices in areas considered strongholds of the Hezbollah group.
“These incidents have caused serious disruption to Lebanon’s already fragile health sector,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference, adding that the organization had distributed blood bags and medical supplies in the country.
The Executive Director of the Program said, Global Health Organization Health emergencies chief Mike Ryan told the same conference that the health system “was put under extreme pressure very, very quickly.”
In turn, the WHO representative in LebanonAbdul Nasser Abu Bakr said that 100 hospitals participated in the response, and explained that a series of training exercises before the attacks and storage emergency supplies Help prepare medical teams and reduce losses.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced on Thursday that the death toll had risen to Blowing up communication devices The number of people killed and wounded by Hezbollah over the past two days has reached 37.
The minister explained in a press conference that 12 people were killed in the first wave of explosions of the devices.Pager“Tuesday and 25 people in the second wave of explosions that targeted wireless communication devices on Wednesday.
These explosions are considered the deadliest since the beginning of the cross-border shelling between the Lebanese group and Israel nearly a year ago, which is fueling tensions between the two sides.
