US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the country opposes the Israeli bombing of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.
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The United States said Tuesday that it opposes the bombing campaign carried out by Israel on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and that it has informed Israeli authorities.
“We have made it clear to Israel that we oppose the bombing campaign it has launched in recent weeks in Beirut,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, stressing that these attacks have decreased in intensity in recent years. days.
The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and Israel have been facing each other since October 8, 2023, one day after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian group Hamas, and, for almost a year, hostilities have been They limited themselves to exchanges. of fire on the common division, known as the “Blue Line”.
The so-called “Blue Line” is the demarcation line established by the UN between Israel and Lebanon in June 2000.
However, at the end of September, Israel began a broad bombing campaign that focused on southern and eastern Lebanon, but also on the suburbs of Dahieh, south of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, where its leader was also killed. ,Hassan. as well as other senior officials of the Iranian-backed Lebanese armed group.
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At least 2,350 people were killed and another 10,906 wounded in Israeli attacks in Lebanon last year, according to the latest report by Lebanese authorities.
Of the total, at least 1,356 victims have been registered since September 23 and more than 1.2 million people have been forced to leave their homes, many of whom come from the large suburbs of the capital, whose center has been seen suddenly overcrowded.
More recently, the Israeli Army also carried out attacks that left dozens dead in the center of the Lebanese capital and against areas in the north of the country, previously considered safer places for thousands of displaced people fleeing the bombings.
The US statement comes on the day a letter signed by US Secretaries of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was made public, warning Israeli authorities that, If the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip does not improve over the next month, they risk violating laws governing foreign military assistance..
In the text, Washington expresses “deep concern” over the fact that the amount of aid delivered to the Gaza Strip has decreased by more than 50% and that the amount delivered in September to the Palestinian enclave “was the lowest of any month of last year.” ”.
Last September, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced a new US aid package worth $8.7 billion. (7.7 billion euros) “in support of Israel’s continued military effort.”
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However, the Department of Defense has announced that Washington will install a high-altitude missile defense system in Israel, which will be operated by US military personnel.
Source: Observadora
