He The Israeli army announced this Sunday that it had killed another Hezbollah leader in an airstrike the day before on the southern outskirts of Beirut.after eliminating the powerful head of the Lebanese Islamist movement, Hassan Nasrallah.
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The army “eliminated the terrorist Nabil Qauq, commander of the security unit” of Hezbollah and member of the Central Council of the pro-Iran organization, he indicated in a statement. A source close to Hezbollah confirmed this information to AFP.
“Nabil Qauq was considered close to the leadership of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and was directly involved in promoting terrorist plans against the State of Israel and its citizens, even in recent days,” the army added.
The announcement came the day after Hezbollah confirmed the death of its charismatic leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday in an Israeli bombing. of unprecedented intensity against the headquarters of the Shiite movement south of Beirut.
The death of Nasrallah, who was considered the most powerful man in Lebanon, constitutes a great victory for Israel against its archenemy Iran and its allies, but pushes the region into uncharted territory.
The elimination of Nasrallah also puts the weakened Lebanese movement before an existential dilemma: give an unprecedented response, or not do so and assume “total defeat.”
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China declares itself ‘deeply concerned’ about tensions in the Middle East
China is “deeply concerned” about the situation in the Middle East, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this Sunday, a day after the death of the head of the Lebanese pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, in Israeli bombings south of Beirut was announced.
“China is following this matter with great attention and is deeply concerned about the escalation of tensions in the region,” a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
UN mobilizes urgent food aid for one million Lebanese
The World Food Program (WFP) launched an emergency operation to help one million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel, this UN agency announced this Sunday.
The WFP is “distributing food rations, bread, hot meals and food packages to families in shelters across the country,” the Rome-based agency said.
“The acceleration of the conflict this weekend underscores the need for an immediate humanitarian response,” the World Food Program added in its statement.
Pope Francis calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
Pope Francis called this Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and the entire Middle East, at the close of a three-day visit to Belgium.
“I call on all parties to immediately cease fire in Lebanon, in Gaza, in the rest of Palestine, in Israel,” said the Supreme Pontiff, adding that “too many people continue to die day after day in the Middle East.” .
Israeli army claims to have killed another Hezbollah leader in Lebanon
The Israeli army claimed this Sunday to have killed another leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in an airstrike carried out on Saturday on the southern outskirts of Beirut.
The army “eliminated terrorist Nabil Qauq, commander of the security unit” of Hezbollah and member of the pro-Iran organization’s Central Council, it said in a statement.
Nabil Qauq joined Hezbollah in the 1980s, and held various positions of responsibility, according to the army statement.
Iran assures that the assassination of a Guardian general ‘will not go unanswered’
The head of Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araghchi, promised this Sunday that the death of a general of the Guardians of the Revolution, killed in an Israeli bombing in Lebanon, “will not go unanswered,” according to a statement published on the website of the ministry.
“This horrible crime of the aggressor Zionist regime will not go unanswered, and the diplomatic apparatus will also use all its capabilities (…) to pursue criminals and their supporters,” Araghchi declared.
The minister was thus referring to the death on Friday of a deputy to the head of the Guardians of the Revolution, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, in the attack that killed the head of the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in the suburbs of south of Beirut.
Israel attacks Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut again
A Lebanese security source reported this Sunday of a new Israeli air attack against the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of the Islamist movement Hezbollah, while the Israeli army announced a “precision bombing.”
“Israel carried out an airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut,” the Lebanese official told AFP, on condition of anonymity.
AFP correspondents heard a loud explosion and saw smoke rising from the area.
The Lebanese National News Agency reported a “violent attack carried out by Israeli warplanes,” adding that ambulances rushed to the area.
A witness told AFP that a rocket hit a building, which collapsed instantly.
Israel says 20 other Hezbollah members killed in attack that killed Hassan Nasrallah
The Israeli army indicated this Sunday that “more than 20 other terrorists” from Hezbollah were killed in the violent bombing on Friday against the headquarters of the Lebanese Islamist movement on the southern outskirts of Beirut that cost the life of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
“More than 20 other terrorists of different ranks, who were in the underground Beirut headquarters, located under civilian buildings, and who directed Hezbollah’s terrorist operations against the State of Israel, were also eliminated,” the army said in a statement. release.
‘We have no choice but diplomacy’: Lebanese Prime Minister
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati considered this Sunday that diplomacy is the only way out amid the unprecedented Israeli attacks against Lebanon and advocated seeking solutions to the conflict through international forums.
“We have no other option than diplomacy, from the beginning we have asked for the complete implementation of resolution 1701 (of the UN Security Council) and the Government is committed to it (…) If the war is prolonged, in the end we will return to resolution 1701,” he said in a press conference.
“Lebanon has faith in the international community, in international legitimacy and in the UN, and does not believe in the law of the strongest,” added the leader.
One million people displaced in Lebanon in recent days by Israeli attacks
Around a million people have left their homes in recent days in Lebanon due to the unprecedented campaign of attacks that Israel maintains against the south and east of the country, and the suburbs of Beirut, announced Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. .
“The number is large, it is estimated that one million people were forced to move from one place to another during the last few days. It is considered the largest displacement operation in Lebanon in all history,” the leader said in a news conference.
Lebanon, with a population estimated at less than 6 million, has been forced to open hundreds of shelters for displaced people since Israel began intensive bombing of the main strongholds of the Shiite group Hezbollah last Monday.
According to the latest situation report published this Sunday by the presidency of the Council of Ministers, 116,100 internally displaced people are housed in 777 centers and schools authorized by the authorities, of which more than 500 have reached their maximum capacity.
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