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They had rushed to help after a drone strike in the town of Derkanoun al-Nahar killed a Syrian man and his young daughter and wounded his wife.
Now they are being mourned by a crowd of fellow paramedics as ambulance convoys prepare to take them for burial in their hometown.
Lebanon's health ministry says more than 120 paramedics have been killed in Israeli strikes since the war reignited on March 2nd.
Red Cross crews retrieved one injured journalist and the two dead men, but came under Israeli fire and were forced to leave the journalist Amal Khalil behind.
She was found dead hours later.
The Israeli military said the car exited a Hezbollah-used site and that, quote, operatives nearby posed an immediate threat.
Israel also reiterated past statements that it, quote, does not target journalists.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says seven journalists have been killed by Israel in Lebanon over the past month, classifying three as murder.
Jawad Rizqallah, NPR News, Beirut.
The soldier they were searching for was Ron Arad, captured in Lebanon in the 1980s, and they said no findings were recovered.
The town's mayor, Hani El Moussaoui, told NPR that residents heard helicopters arriving and were on alert.
Armed residents and Hezbollah then attacked the team when they landed at a local cemetery.
Israeli aircraft then carried out dozens of airstrikes to cover their withdrawal, killing both combatants and civilians, with Hezbollah losing 10 men, according to a source in the militant group.
Jawad Rizqallah, NPR News, Beirut.
Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at an Israeli missile defense site south of Haifa, calling it retaliation for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Saturday.
also adding that Israel cannot continue its 15 months of aggression on Lebanon without a response.
Israel's military said it struck senior Hezbollah figures in Beirut and southern Lebanon.
The army chief warned that, quote, any enemy that threatens our security will pay a heavy price.
Residents of Beirut's southern suburbs and the country's south are fleeing by car and on foot amid fears of escalation.