shareIraqi militias demonstrate in support of HezbollahIn Basra on Wednesday night, members of the Iraqi militia known as the Popular Mobilization Forces put up a poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack last month. They also held flags and placards protesting the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
A member of Iraq’s Hahad al-Shaabi militia holds a poster of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Basra, Iraq. Haidar Muhammad Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images
UN announces a quarter of Lebanon is under Israeli military evacuation order
According to the United Nations, at least a quarter of Lebanese territory is currently under Israeli “military evacuation orders.”
In an update earlier this week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said evacuation orders had been issued for more than 100 villages and urban areas across southern Lebanon.
The report cites data from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that more than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes.
Some of these people have been forced to flee multiple times since Israel ramped up its offensive in the country, with more people sleeping on the streets, in parking lots and playgrounds as evacuation centers continue to fill up. are.
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US ambassador to UN urges Israel to address ‘catastrophic situation’ in Gaza
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends the 2023 United Nations Security Council meeting. Brian R. Smith/AFP – Getty Images
Israel should take urgent steps to address the situation in the Gaza Strip and ensure that “much-needed” humanitarian aid reaches civilians, the US ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday. told the organization’s Security Council.
“The situation is catastrophic and will only get worse if additional measures are not taken,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
“We are particularly concerned about the lack of a safe place for Palestinian civilians,” she added. “That has to change, and now.”
“The United States expects that Palestinian civilians will be allowed to return home,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “There must be no demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip.”
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Israeli military says 40 rockets fired from Lebanon
The Israeli military said on Thursday that nearly 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said some of the rockets were intercepted and others fell in the area.
The Israel Defense Forces continued to target Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, announcing a number of close encounters and airstrikes earlier in the day. The Israeli military said it had attacked more than 110 targets in Lebanon.
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Lebanese civil defense vehicle collided with Israeli attack
Photos taken after an Israeli night airstrike hit an emergency center in the southern village of Derdogaya early Thursday morning show debris covering a badly damaged civil defense vehicle.
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IDF says it has killed two Hezbollah commanders
The Israeli military announced on Thursday that it had killed Mustafa al-Haj Ali, commander of Hezbollah’s Hula Front, in an airstrike. The Israel Defense Forces added that Ali was involved in hundreds of missile attacks in northern Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces also killed Mohammad Ali Hamdan, the commander of a Hezbollah anti-tank force, and the Air Force on Wednesday destroyed an ammunition depot in Dahieh, on the outskirts of the capital Beirut, as well as weapons depots and other military infrastructure in southern Lebanon. He added that he had attacked.
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Destruction like Gaza or civil war? Netanyahu’s warning raises questions about Israel’s goals in Lebanon
New divisions sent to join growing ground invasion, troops raise flags outside border villages, an unmistakable warning to Lebanese civilians: a military operation that Israel has insisted is limited is sending increasingly mixed signals about its goals.
Concerns over the country’s plans came Wednesday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested the Lebanese people would either rise up against Hezbollah or face destruction similar to the Gaza Strip. has increased.
For many observers, this amounted to a choice between civil war and the same fate as the Palestinians in the besieged and shelled enclave.
“We have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will bring the kind of destruction and suffering we see in Gaza,” Netanyahu said in a video address in English on Tuesday. “There’s no need for that.”
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