In southern Lebanon, at least 20 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, just one day after Lebanese and Israeli envoys held the first direct talks between the two countries in more than three decades. Among the dead were four paramedics killed in a so-called triple-tap strike while on an emergency rescue mission. This comes as a ​senior ​Lebanese security official tells ⁠Reuters that an ​Israeli strike has severed the ​last ​bridge linking southern ⁠Lebanon to ​the ​rest of the country. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports at least 2,167 people have been killed and more than 7,000 wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2. More than 1.2 million people, including 350,000 children, have been forced to flee their homes. This is Wael Sabbagh, who lost his mother and brother in an Israeli strike.

Wael Sabbagh: “Nobody should have to go through this. And unfortunately, my brother, sister and I are not the only ones that are going through this. Hundreds, if not thousands, on that day, families are mourning in the same way that I am.”