Israel faces a wave of indignation from the international community this Friday after its forces attacked the blue helmets of Israel for the second consecutive day. the UN in Lebanon and the Lebanese prime minister called for an “immediate” ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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The UN force deployed between Lebanon and Israel, Finul, reported this Friday that two Sri Lankan blue helmets were injured near the border with Israel. after two Indonesian troops were injured on Thursday in an attack that drew international condemnation.
The attack against UN forces generated harsh reactions and on Thursday the White House expressed its “deep concern”, Italy even mentioned the possibility of classifying the incidents as “war crimes” and this Friday France summoned the Israeli ambassador.
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterresstated that the incident constitutes “a violation of international humanitarian law” and Finul stated that these actions “pose a very great risk for peacekeepers.”
The Israeli military announced it had opened an “in-depth” investigation and said it fired at a “threat” near the UN forces’ position.
In addition, Lebanon reported the death of two of its soldiers in an Israeli bombing in the south of the country.
The incidents occur after Israel intensified the military campaign against the Lebanese militia on September 23. Hezbollah, pro-Iran, and a week after it began ground raids on Lebanon.
Lebanon calls for “immediate” ceasefire
The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Nayib Mikati, He asked the UN Security Council this Friday for an “immediate” ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, after Beirut was hit on Thursday by the deadliest Israeli bombardment since the escalation of the conflict, which left 22 dead.
This bombing occurred on the eve of Israel celebrating Yom Kippur, the Day of Forgiveness, this Friday, the most important holiday in the Jewish calendar that coincides with a time when the Jewish state is waging a war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and another in Gaza against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Mikati called for the Lebanese army and peacekeepers to be the only troops deployed in the south of the country and stated that “Hezbollah agrees,” but the Islamist movement has not commented on his speech.
In Lebanon, a country mired in an institutional and economic debacle, the power and influence of Hezbollah, a movement formed by a militia but also by a political party with significant parliamentary representation, has been strengthened.
“Nowhere safe”
Hezbollah opened a front against Israel a year ago to support Hamas, which went to war with Israel after the October 7, 2023 attack.
Since then more than 2,100 people have died in Lebanon, of which 1,200 died since the intensification of Israeli bombing on September 23, according to a count carried out by AFP based on official figures.
The UN recorded nearly 700,000 internally displaced people in Lebanon due to violence and 400,000 people fled to Syria.
“The head of Hezbollah’s security apparatus, Wafic Safa, was the target” of Thursday’s bombing in Beirut, a source close to this pro-Iran Islamist movement told AFP, without specifying the fate of the high command.
In the morning, the inhabitants of Basta, which was one of the hardest hit areas, returned to their homes.
“Many families live here,” many displaced people from southern Lebanon who have relatives in the neighborhood, said Bilal Othman. “Do you mean to tell us that there is no longer a safe place in this country?”
Anti-aircraft alert in northwest Israel
The United States, Israel’s main ally, seeks to prevent the conflict from spreading to the entire Middle Eastat a time when the Israeli government promised to respond to the barrage of missiles launched by Iran against its territory on October 1.
According to experts, the Gulf countries will not let Israel use their airspace to attack Iran.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas erupted after the unprecedented attack by Islamist militiamen on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, which caused the death of 1,206 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.
In response, Israel launched a relentless offensive in the Gaza Strip, governed by Hamas, in which 42,126 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have already died, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, which the UN considers reliable.
Since Sunday, Israeli troops have surrounded and bombarded the town of Jabaliya, in northern Gaza.
According to the spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmud Basal, at least 140 people have died since the beginning of this operation.
After having weakened Hamas in its offensive in Gaza, the Israeli army shifted the bulk of its operations to Lebanon in mid-September to combat Hezbollah and allow the return of those displaced by the violence on its northern border.
A few hours before the start of Yom Kippur, air raid sirens sounded in several towns in northwest Israel.
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