Geneva, March 15 -- The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has confirmed the deaths of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon describing the events as a "tragic development in the escalating Middle East crisis."

In a statement posted on X on Saturday, the WHO chief revealed that 12 medical staff members, including doctors, paramedics, and nurses, were killed during a strike on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh primary healthcare centre late on Friday night.

Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed the victims were on duty at the facility, which forms a key part of the nation's primary healthcare network, when the strike occurred.

According to the Director-General, this fatal incident followed another atta...