SOUTHERN LEBANON — Hasan Badawi, a 31-year-old volunteer paramedic with the Lebanese Red Cross, was killed on April 12 in southern Lebanon while en route to a medical assignment when he was allegedly struck by an Israeli drone. Badawi was a father of one with another child on the way.

The Lebanese Red Cross said Badawi's team wore the standard uniform and their ambulance was clearly marked. The organization said it had coordinated safe passage for the medical mission. The organization also said Badawi's team was directly targeted and that one of his colleagues was wounded in the strike.

The Israeli military said it had been targeting a Hezbollah member in the strike but was aware of reports of a Lebanese Red Cross team being affected, and that the strike was under review.

Aid groups say Badawi joined a growing list of front-line medics and other health workers killed since Israel invaded Lebanon more than six weeks earlier. At least 95 emergency medical services workers and volunteers, mainly paramedics, are among those killed since Israeli forces launched a ground and aerial assault in Lebanon after Hezbollah attacked Israel. According to the Lebanese health ministry, at least 100 health workers have died since February 28.

Tommaso Della Longa, spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said the number of humanitarian workers killed had "skyrocketed" in recent years. "It is a matter of numbers," he said.

Tom Fletcher, undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, warned of a pattern of humanitarians being killed in conflicts in a statement to the United Nations Security Council. In 2025, at least 326 aid workers died in 21 countries. International law, including the Geneva Conventions, seeks to protect non-combatants such as health workers, aid workers, and civilians.