Two weeks of Israel‘s bombardment of Lebanon has resulted in destruction, civilian casualties and fear that this time will be worse than 1982
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Jordan calls for UN Security Council to impose arms embargo on Israel
Jordan has called on the UN Security Council to impose a total arms embargo on Israel, citing its attacks on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, UN peacekeepers, journalists, humanitarian workers, and Lebanese soldiers.
„Countries that truly want an end to the dangerous regional escalation and seek peace and security in the Middle East must immediately stop supplying Israel with the weapons it is using in its aggressions,“ Jordan‘s foreign minister Ayman Safadi wrote on X.
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
Nicaragua is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel, the Central American nation said on Friday, calling the Israeli government „fascist“ and „genocidal.“
بينهن فتيات و دعماً لفلسطين ولبنان… الأمن المصري يعتقل عدداً من المواطنين خلال وقفة سلمية رصدت الشبكة المصرية لحقوق الإنسان، بناءً على شهادات شهود عيان، قيام قوات الأمن المصري ليلة أمس الاثنين 7 أكتوبر 2024، بإلقاء القبض على عدد من المواطنين، أغلبهم من الشباب، خلال وقفة سلمية لدعم الأشقاء في لبنان وفلسطين ورفضاً للمجازر الصهيونية
وكانت قوات الأمن المصرية قد فضت الوقفة السلمية التي نظمها عدد من المواطنين على كورنيش النيل في القاهرة، حيث كانوا يحملون أعلام البلدين ولافتات ورقية تندد بالمجازر وتدعم الشعبين اللبناني والفلسطيني. وقد تم القبض على المشاركين في الوقفة بينهن عددا من الفتيات واقتيادهم إلى أحد أقسام الشرطة بالقاهرة، ويجري حالياً رصد وتوثيق أسماء المعتقلين.
يُذكر أن السلطات المصرية ما زالت تحتجز عدداً كبيراً من المواطنين الذين تم اعتقالهم في أكتوبر من العام الماضي، أثناء المظاهرات التي اندلعت في القاهرة والإسكندرية في نهاية الشهر ذاته، بناءً على دعوة الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي، حيث تم اعتقال العشرات وحبسهم احتياطياً حتى الآن.
تدين الشبكة المصرية لحقوق الإنسان اعتقال المواطنين الذين يعبرون سلمياً عن دعمهم للأشقاء في فلسطين المحتلة ولبنان، ورفضهم للحرب على البلدين، وتطالب بسرعة الإفراج عنهم.
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Egypt detains pro-Palestine protesters on 7 October anniversary, says rights group
According to the London-based Egyptian Network for Human Rights, a small group of young people held a protest on the Nile Corniche in Cairo on Monday, carrying Palestinian and Lebanese flags and banners condemning the deadly Israeli onslaught on Gaza and Lebanon.
Citing eyewitness accounts, the rights group said several participants were detained by security forces, but the exact number and names have yet to be confirmed.
“The Egyptian Network for Human Rights condemns the arrest of citizens peacefully expressing their support for their brothers and sisters in occupied Palestine and Lebanon and their opposition to the war on both countries, and calls for their immediate release,” the group said in a statement shared with Middle East Eye.
Israel calls for evacuations from south Lebanon and strikes Beirut suburb
The latest warnings took the number of southern towns subject to evacuation calls to 70 and included the provincial capital Nabatieh, suggesting another Israeli operation that could lead thousands more Lebanese to flee.
At least 55 killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon, health authorities say
At least 55 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, noting that over 150 were also wounded.
Israel calls on residents to evacuate over 20 areas in south Lebanon
The Israeli military on Tuesday called on residents in more than 20 areas of southern Lebanon to evacuate, hours after saying it launched ground raids across the border.
109 killed in Israeli air strikes on Sunday: Lebanese health ministry
The Lebanese health ministry has reported that Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 109 individuals and left 364 others wounded across the country.
Turkish president condemns Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, calls for global action
Erdogan criticized the international community for enabling Israel‘s actions, saying that as Tel Aviv continues to receive „weapons and ammunition support from its backers,“ it becomes „increasingly reckless, defying all humanity, humanitarian values, and international law.“
He stressed that Israel‘s „politics of madness,“ already seen in Gaza and Ramallah, must not be allowed to spread to Lebanon and other countries in the region.
„No person of conscience can accept, justify, or deem such a massacre legitimate,“ he said.
Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon
(September 24, 2024)
„Indiscriminate Israeli strikes on residential areas under the pretext that Hezbollah weapons are being stored there led to massive civilian casualties and significant destruction of civilian infrastructure,“ Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Citing the Lebanese Health Ministry, Zakharova said that at least 492 people, including around 150 women and children, were killed by Israel’s „armed aggression“ on Monday.
Lebanon’s caretaker PM calls for national unity amid threats
In a statement during an emergency cabinet session, Mikati urged the Lebanese people to demonstrate national responsibility in such a way as to preserve national unity and solidarity, explaining that Lebanon’s unity has been its strongest weapon in face of the Israeli enemy’s criminal schemes and attempts to spread division.
More than 1,000 Lebanese people killed in Israeli strikes in less than two weeks
Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon have killed at least 1,030 people – including 156 women and 87 children – in less than two weeks, according to Lebanon‘s Health Ministry. For more information, Yuka Royer interviews Ettie Higgins, Deputy Representative at UNICEF, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Iraq – Prime Minister addresses General Debate, 79th Session
Speaker Name
AL-SUDANI, MOHAMMED SHIA
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Head of Government
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IRAQ
Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani warns of global disorder, urges greater UN action in UNGA speech
The Prime Minister reiterated Iraq’s solidarity with Lebanon, stating that both the government and people of Iraq, guided by religious authority, stand with Lebanon against what he termed “aggression aimed at plunging the region into conflicts.” Al-Sudani also condemned the targeting of international and humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza.
He expressed concern over the broader global implications of the ongoing conflicts, warning that recent actions by Israel could „ignite a large-scale regional war“ and destabilize the entire region.
UNHCR scales up support as people flee Lebanon for Syria
Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people are fleeing Lebanon for Syria in desperation as Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate civilian lives. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up its support to the growing number of displaced people.
Hundreds of vehicles are backed up in queues at the Syrian border. Many people are also arriving on foot, carrying what they can. Large crowds, including women, young children and babies are waiting in line after spending the night outdoors in falling temperatures. Some carry fresh injuries from the recent bombardments.
Over 90,000 People Displaced by Latest Military Escalation in Lebanon – IOM Scales Up Its Response
Beirut, 25 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its latest Mobility Tracking displacement update showing at least 90,350 people have become newly displaced since 19 September, following the latest military escalation in Lebanon.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, nearly 600 people have been killed, including 50 children, and approximately 1,700 injured, since Monday.
IOM Director General Amy Pope, speaking from the United Nations General Assembly in New York reiterated a call for diplomacy, peace and de-escalation.
Israel army chief says strikes in Lebanon prepare possible ground assault
„You hear the jets overhead; we have been striking all day,“ General Herzi Halevi told Israeli troops on the border with Lebanon, according to a statement from the military.
„This is both to prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah.“
IDF mobilizing 2 reserve brigades to north signaling possible ground war in Lebanon
The mobilized reserve brigades are integrated armored-infantry brigades that have previously been mobilized in this war, and will return to increase the defensive operations in the Galilee Division, as well as participating in a ground invasion of Lebanon if one begins.
Earlier on Wednesday Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin said Israel has ‚entered a different stage of the campaign‘ and threatened a ground entry into Lebanon, after another morning with dozens of rockets launched in attacks on areas of northern Israel, and waves of Israel Air Force attacks from the air throughout Lebanon, including north and south of Beirut.
Israeli minister calls to push Lebanon‘s ‚Shia enemy population‘ away from border
(23 September 2024)
Writing on X, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said over the weekend that a buffer zone should be created in southern Lebanon.
He said that „even though it has a flag and even though it has political institutions“, Lebanon „does not meet the definition of a country“.
He also posted images of maps questioning the current borders of Syria and Lebanon, referencing the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 that carved up the Levent into British and French spheres of influence.
Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 569, Displace Tens of Thousands
The Israeli military is reportedly preparing to invade Lebanon while continuing to launch extensive airstrikes across the country, forcing tens of thousands to flee. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports the death toll has reached at least 569 people, with more than 1,800 wounded. Israeli strikes have killed United Nations employees, medical workers, at least one journalist and 50 children over the past two days. Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israel, including a long-range missile fired toward Tel Aviv that was intercepted by Israeli air defense systems. “Lebanese civilians are paying the price,” says Aya Majzoub in Beirut, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, who calls Israel’s attacks “unprecedented” and “devastating.” “In a single day, on Monday, more than 500 people were killed. … It is one of the highest daily death tolls in recent global wars.”