Nigeria, March 15 -- The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has condemned the killing of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon, describing the attacks as a tragic escalation in the ongoing US/Israel-Iran war.

In a post on X on Saturday, Mr Ghebreyesus said the deaths occurred within 24 hours following Israeli strikes on health facilities in southern Lebanon.

According to him, the WHO confirmed that 12 doctors, nurses and paramedics were killed in a strike late Friday on the Bourj Qalaouiyeh Primary Healthcare Centre, while two paramedics lost their lives hours earlier in attacks on a health facility in Al Sowana.

"The killings in the last 24 hours of 14 health workers in southern Lebanon mark a tragi...