Since last Monday, More than 700 people have died in Lebanon due to Israeli bombings against the Lebanese Islamist movementsupported by Iran and an ally of the Palestinian Hamas, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Given this situation, The United States, France, the EU and several Arab countries called for a 21-day ceasefirethat Israeli authorities rejectedensuring that They will fight Hezbollah “until victory.” Attention now turns to the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwhich will intervene in the UN General Assembly this Friday around 1:30 p.m. GMT.
Since Monday, the Israeli Air Force has bombed Hezbollah strongholds across the country, forcing some 118,000 people to leave their homesaccording to the UN. According to the National News Agency, an official Lebanese media, the Israeli army intensified its bombing during the nightkilling at least one family of nine in southern Lebanon. Hours later, Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets into the Tiberias areain northern Israel. The pro-Iran movement said it had thus responded to Israel’s “savage” bombings against Lebanese towns and civilians.
More than 1,500 dead in Lebanon
The pro-Iranian movement Hezbollah opened a front against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamasthe target of an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip since the attack by its militants in southern Israel on October 7. In mid-September, Israel announced that The “center of gravity” of the war against Hamas was shifting toward the Lebanese border. His goal, he stated, is to ensure the return to their homes of tens of thousands of inhabitants of the north, displaced by hostilities with Hezbollah.
In almost a year of violence, more than 1,500 people have died in Lebanonaccording to the national disaster department. This balance exceeds that of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, which left 1,200 dead in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and about 160 in Israel, mainly soldiers. “Everything is collapsing around us”commented Lebanese businessman Anis Rubeiz, 55 years old. “People are mentally tired […] I don’t see [ninguna esperanza] on the horizon… not even a ray of light”.
International call for a ceasefire
On Wednesday, The United States, France, the EU and several Arab countries called for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanonon the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, but The Israeli government ignored the call, with his foreign minister, Israel Katz, assuring that the army will continue fighting Hezbollah “until victory.” The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that it obtained a new military aid package from the United States, for 8.7 billion dollars, “in support of the military effort” of the country.
The clashes in Lebanon have stoked fears of the war spreading across the Middle East, especially after regional groups backed by Iran vowed to continue fighting Israel. But, despite the mediation efforts of recent months, A ceasefire in Gaza seems elusive.
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Beginning of the conflict
He conflict between the Israeli army and Hamas in the Gaza Strip erupted with the attack of the Islamist militiamen of the October 7which left 1,205 dead in Israelmostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures that includes hostages who died or were killed in captivity in Gaza. Of the 251 people kidnapped, 97 remain in Gaza, 33 of whom have been declared dead by the army.
In retaliation, Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip that has left so far 41,534 deadthe majority civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Hamas government, considered reliable by the UN.
Source: Ambito
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