The Lebanese prime minister accused Israel of refusing a ceasefire with Hezbollah, following a night of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and other areas of the country.
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The Lebanese prime minister on Friday accused Israel of refusing a ceasefire with Hezbollah, after a night of airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“The prolongation, once again, of the aggression of the Israeli enemy (…) and the fact that it once again hits the southern suburbs of Beirut with destructive attacks They are indicators that confirm the rejection [de Israel] do everything possible to achieve a ceasefire“said the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati.
The Israeli air force carried out at least 10 strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, causing loud explosions and turning buildings into rubble. The Israeli army claimed to have attacked targets of the Shiite movement in the Beirut and Nabatiyeh areas in the south.
You The bombing also affected the Baalbeck regionin the east of the country, killing at least 10 people, according to Lebanese authorities. The regions of Alei, east of Beirut, and Bint Jbeil, in the south, were also affected, according to the Lebanese news agency Ani.
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The UN has already expressed concern that the war is endangering the ancient Phoenician cities of Baalbeck and Tyre, two cities on UNESCO’s world heritage list.
The attacks occurred a few hours after the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two American envoys, who tried to negotiate a ceasefire in the conflict.
According to Israeli media, citing government sources, the envoys brought a plan to withdraw Hezbollah from the border areas of southern Lebanon, as well as the withdrawal of the Israeli army from that region, passing control to the Lebanese army and maintenance forces. UN Peace.
You Israeli soldiers will not leave southern Lebanon without an agreement that meets Israel’s security demandsgovernment sources added.
The war that has been raging in the Palestinian territories for more than a year has spread to Lebanon, where Israel has intensified air strikes since September 23, accompanied by a ground offensive in the south since September 30.
At least 1,829 people have died in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP tally based on official data.
At the same time, the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues, which was the target of attacks overnight and culminated in the death of nine people in Jabalia, in the north, and in Nousseirat. , in the center, according to the Local Health Department.
“The morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza is full of bodies, mostly children and women,” a ministry official said.
The Israeli army announced the deaths of “dozens of terrorists” in Jabalia and central Gaza.
The ongoing war in Gaza was triggered by an unprecedented attack by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which left around 1,200 dead and more than two hundred hostages, according to Israeli authorities.
Source: Observadora
