当黎巴嫩南部的医护人员接到前往马法杜恩市应对以色列空袭的呼叫时，由于曾目睹同事在针对救援者的“双重打击”中丧生，大多数人感到迟疑。然而，伊斯兰健康协会（IHA）的医护人员冲向了现场。当其他救援人员抵达时，发现IHA的同事已在第二次袭击中被击中。当他们开始撤离受伤同事时，救护车在随后的两次攻击中再次被击中。
一名救护人员捂着耳朵痛苦尖叫，弹片震碎了救护车的后窗。周三下午的营救任务变成了一场噩梦，以色列对三组救护车和医疗工作者连续发起了三次打击。周四，一名男子在葬礼上拿着一名遇难医护人员血迹斑斑的外套。
根据医疗消息来源，袭击共造成4名医护人员死亡，6人受伤，受害者分别来自三个不同的救护队：其中三名隶属于真主党背景的IHA和阿迈勒运动背景的医疗队，一名来自纳巴提耶应急服务机构。根据国际法，所有医务人员均受保护，无论政治倾向如何，均被视为非战斗人员。
黎巴嫩的救援人员长期以来一直对“双重打击”保持警惕。周三的行动催生了一个可怕的新词：“四重打击”。现场录像显示，当救援人员正将两名伤员抬入救护车时，炸弹在车辆旁爆炸。医护人员奋力救出陷入昏迷的驾驶员，救护车内血迹斑斑。
When they received the call to respond to an Israeli airstrike in the city of Mayfadoun, in southern Lebanon, most of the paramedics held back, having previously seen colleagues killed by double-tap attacks targeting rescuers. But the medics from the Islamic Health Association (IHA) rushed to the scene.By the time the other emergency workers arrived at the site, they found the IHA medics had indeed been caught in a second strike. They started evacuating their wounded colleagues, only for their ambulances to be hit in two further attacks.One of the paramedics covered his ears and screamed, convulsing in pain as shrapnel shattered the back window of the ambulance.The rescue mission on Wednesday afternoon had turned into a nightmare as Israel carried out three consecutive strikes on three sets of ambulances and medical workers.A man carries the blood-stained jacket of a paramedic killed in Mayfadoun, during his funeral procession on Thursday. Photograph: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty ImagesIn total, the attacks killed four medics and wounded six more, from three different ambulance corps, according to medical sources. Three of the medics were from the Hezbollah-affiliated IHA and Amal-affiliated medical corps, while one was from the Nabatieh emergency services organisation. Under international law, all medics are protected and are considered non-combatants, regardless of political affiliation.Rescuers in Lebanon have long been wary of the double-tap attack, when Israeli forces target a location, wait until people gather to help survivors, and then strike again. Wednesday’s three-wave attack after the initial one prompted the coining of a fearsome new term: the quadruple tap.In a video taken by one of the paramedics at the site, rescuers are seen loading two wounded people into their ambulances when a bomb lands next to their vehicle. Paramedics rush to extract the driver, who is motionless and limp as they pull him from the ambulance, which is splashed with blood. “Oh God, oh God,” the man filming can be heard saying. They carry two more blood-covered medics out of their vehicle and on to stretchers.Among the paramedics killed was Fadel Sarhan, 43, who is survived by his eight-year-old daughter.The Lebanese health worker Fadel Sarhan was killed in the Israeli ‘quadruple tap’ attack. Photograph: Social media“Fadel was a very loved person. He had a bold personality, but at the same time, he was emotional. He was well liked and responsible,” said Ali Nasr al-Deen, the head of the Mayfadoun civil defence centre who grew up with Sarhan.“He used to feed the cats and dogs. He would bring pet food from Beirut so they wouldn’t go hungry. He was that kind of person, caring and attentive. It’s a huge loss for us,” said Nasr al-Deen.Medics mourned their colleagues on Thursday at funerals in Nabatieh, a city near Mayfadoun. Such events have become increasingly common, with healthcare workers killed by Israeli bombings on a near daily basis.Mohammed Suleiman, whose 16