Data from monitoring groups indicating at least 18 Israeli attacks on medical personnel and facilities, resulting in the deaths of 20 health workers, as of May 31.

Data on the attacks on south Lebanon are hard to find, with locals saying many incidents go unreported.

Protection as medical workers lapses only if they participate in military activities has been no evidence that this was the case in any of the attacks on medical workers, multiple sources, including representatives of leading human rights and monitoring agencies, told Al Jazeera.