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"Residents and members of the Lebanese Civil Defence in Sidon, southern Lebanon, held a funeral procession on Wednesday for two paramedics killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh the previous day. Footage shows residents gathered around one of the bodies as relatives wept, while Civil Defence crews held a military funeral ceremony in honour of the victims. Dana, the sister of victim Ahmed Noura, said her brother had refused to leave his work during the past two years of war despite repeated pleas from his family. "Ahmed was a brave hero. He didn’t abandon his job during the two years of war that have passed," said Dana. "We told him to stop, but he refused. […] The night before, he went out to recover the bodies of martyrs from Kfar Tabbnit, the neighbourhood where he lives," she added. Earlier on Tuesday, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that two members of the Civil Defence from the Nabatieh Regional Centre were killed in an Israeli airstrike. According to reports, Civil Defence member Hussein Jaber was killed alongside Noura during a rescue mission in response to an earlier attack, which also killed one civilian and injured another medic. Meanwhile, the General Directorate of the Lebanese Civil Defence paid tribute to Ahmad Muhammad Noura and Hussein Muhammad Saleh Jaber following what it described as their 'martyrdom' while carrying out a humanitarian rescue mission for casualties from a hostile airstrike in Nabatieh. Israeli army spokesperson Ella Wawaya said in a post on X on Wednesday that the military had struck more than 40 Hezbollah infrastructure sites across several areas of southern Lebanon over the previous 24 hours. The statement came after Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents of the villages and towns of Arzoun, Tair Daba, Bazouriyeh, and Al-Hawsh to evacuate immediately and move at least 1,000 metres away into open areas. On April 15, US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, later extending it by three weeks on April 23 following talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington. Meanwhile, the Israeli army has designated what it calls the 'Yellow Line' in southern Lebanon, restricting residents from returning to certain areas under its control. This measure is part of a tactic previously used in the Gaza Strip, where it designates areas under its control within ceasefire agreements and prevents civilians from entering them. Israel has indicated it intends to establish a 'security zone' inside Lebanese territory stretching from the border to the Litani River, an area equivalent to around 10 percent of the country."
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