It was Hasan Badawi’s job to race toward the location of military strikes in southern Lebanon, where, as a paramedic, he tended to the maimed and dead. He was killed earlier this month while en route to his latest assignment — allegedly cut down by an Israeli drone.

As a first responder, he is not alone.

Badawi, 31, a father of one with a baby on the way, was a volunteer medic with the Lebanese Red Cross. It is dangerous work helping others in this conflict.

On April 12, as Israeli forces moved toward the key Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil, so did Badawi.

His team wore the standard Lebanese Red Cross uniform — a bright-red jumpsuit bearing the organization’s insignia, with a large cross on the back and on the shoulders — and their ambulance was also clearly marked, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. Still, they were “directly targeted,” the organization said. One of Badawi’s colleagues was wounded.

The Red Cross said it had coordinated safe passage for the mission. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a Hezbollah member in a strike but was aware of reports of a Red Cross team being “affected” and that the strike was under review.

Badawi joined what aid groups say is a growing list of front-line medics and other health workers killed since Israel invaded Lebanon more than six weeks ago. According to the Lebanese health ministry, at least 100 health workers have died since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, setting off a wider war across the Middle East.