"The night before, on Thursday, an Israeli jet had dropped a bomb on the salon of the Douris civil defence centre on the outskirts of the ancient Lebanese town of Baalbek, killing 20 people, including 15 first responders."
"Since fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah started last year, 3,481 people have been killed in Lebanon, about 80% of them since Israel started its intensified aerial and ground campaign in late September."
"When we first got here, we didn't think it could be the civil defence centre. Why would they hit it? They were registered with the ministry of interior. What other guarantees could we have?"
"Thursday's strike left surviving civil defence members in shock as they searched for an explanation. The Douris civil defence was a state service, unlike rescue services affiliated to Hezbollah and its ally Amal."
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