Israel has been bombing the Lebanon and assured that he will continue with the attacks against the Islamist group Hezbollah “until victory.” In this way, he ignored the repeated requests for a ceasefire from different Arab countries, United States and the European Union.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the latest attacks this Thursday They left 92 dead and 153 injured.
In turn, Israel reported that it had killed the head of the drone unit of Hezbollah, Mohamed Srur, in “precision bombings” in the southern suburb of Beirut. This news was confirmed by the Iran-backed group.
For its part, Hezbollah launched dozens of “projectiles” from Lebanon against the cities of Safed and Haifa, in northern Israel. The Israeli army reported that its air defense systems intercepted a missile fired from Yemena country partially controlled by the Houthis, a rebel group also allied with Iran.
Israel’s hostilities against Hezbollah continue
The Israeli bombings have already left more than 700 dead, including numerous civilians, and forced to 90,000 to leave their homes in Lebanonaccording to the UN. Among them, more than 31,000 entered Syria, Lebanese authorities indicated.
Hasan Slim, a 24-year-old Lebanese man, left with his mother to seek refuge in Syria, a country torn apart by years of civil war. “We avoided Syria because of the war, but now the war is at our door“he explained.
Since the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement began on October 7, 2023, at least 1,540 people They died in Lebanon due to Israeli bombings in the context of cross-border clashes with Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas.
Hostilities intensified following explosions of communication devices belonging to members of Hezbollah, attributed to Israel, he September 17 and 18and the Israeli bombing that the September 20 beheaded the pro-Iran group’s elite Radwan unit in a Beirut suburb.
Emmanuel Macron said it would be “a mistake” for Israel to reject the ceasefire request
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, continues to advocate for an end to the conflict in the Middle East and again urged Israel to end hostilities against Lebanon.
“I think it would be a mistake for the (Israeli) prime minister to reject it (the ceasefire) because he would have to assume the responsibility for regional escalation far beyond what anyone could control and, obviously, new civilian casualties in Lebanon,” Macron said.
“Israel must cease its attacks and Hezbollah abandon its logic of retaliation“Macron emphasized.
Source: Ambito
