2024-08-06 16:22:28
The tensions between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel are increasing more and more every day. On Monday August 5, three people were killed in an Israeli attack on Meiss El-Jabal, a Lebanese village located in Israeli territory. During the Israeli war reported two soldiers wounded in a Hezbollah airstrike in Lebanon’s Upper Galilee. Confronted with this explosive situation, China, in turn, calls on its citizens not to travel to Lebanon. And the head of diplomacy of the United States, Antony Blinken, urged all the terrorists in the conflicts in the Middle East to “break this cycle” of violence, especially by blocking a dump in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.
Information to remember
⇒ US diplomat Antony Blinken urged all fans to “break this cycle” of violence.
⇒ Nine UNRWA workers may have been involved in the October 7 attack, UN investigation found
⇒ China, in turn, advises its citizens not to travel to Lebanon
Hezbollah and Iran are ‘forced to retaliate’ against Israel, Nasrallah said
The head of Hezbollah in Lebanon confirmed on Tuesday that the pro-Iranian establishment “is obliged to respond” to Israel, “whatever the consequences”, after the assassinations of the political leader of Hamas and the official Hezbollah army.
In a speech broadcast live, Hassan Nasrallah confirmed that Hezbollah will respond “alone or as part of a unified response of all situations” of the resistance, by Tehran and which mobilizes its allies in the region.
The Israeli Air Force flew over Beirut at low altitude and broke the sound barrier
An Israeli plane flew down over Beirut on Tuesday and broke the sound barrier, with supersonic noises causing panic, shortly before a planned speech by the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group Hassan Nasrallah, according to AFP reporters. “The Israeli air force broke the air barrier above the capital and several areas twice,” said the National News Agency (ANI, official).
The suspension of Air France and Transavia flights to Beirut extends at least until Thursday inclusive
Air France and Transavia France also suspended their connections between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut until Wednesday August 8, due to the geopolitical situation in Lebanon, Air France announced on Tuesday.
The resumption of suspended operations from July 29 “will be subject to a new evaluation of the situation on the ground”, referring to the French airline, specifying that “this decision also affects Transavia France”. In addition to Air France and Transavia, several airlines have suspended their flights to the Lebanese capital, amid fears of war between Israel and the Shiite group Hezbollah, as well as the German group Lufthansa, which grounded its flights Beirut until August 12.
Blinken calls on all protagonists in the Middle East to “break this cycle” of violence
The head of diplomacy of the United States Antony Blinken on Monday urged all the protagonists in the conflicts in the Middle East to “break this way” of violence, especially by sealing a settlement in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.
The Secretary of State assured that the United States is doing everything to prevent the risk of war between Iran and Israel since the assassination of the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismaïl Haniyeh. “Escalation has no benefit. It can only lead to more conflict, violence and insecurity. So it is important that we take this step by achieving a ceasefire in Gaza,” Antony Blinken appealed to the press at the State Department. “We engage in tough diplomacy day and night with a very simple message: all terrorists must refrain from promotion,” emphasized the US Secretary of State alongside her Australian counterpart Penny Wong who took over at the Department of Defense.
Iran: “no arrests” until the investigation into Haniyeh’s murder
Iran has made “no arrests” regarding the assassination in the Iranian capital last week of the Palestinian political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, which Tehran attributed to Israel, the government said on Tuesday.
“Serious investigations have been launched” and the results “will be announced as soon as the investigation is completed,” said the spokesman for the judiciary, Asghar Jahangir. “So far, no arrests have been made in this case,” he added, specifying that the investigations involved Iranian military personnel. According to the Revolutionary Guards, the revolutionary soldier of Iran, Ismaïl Haniyeh was killed on July 31 by a “short bullet” fired at the residence where he lived in northern Tehran.
Nine UNRWA staff ‘may have participated’ in the October 7 attack
Nine employees of the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA) “may have been involved” on October 7 Hamas died in Israel, according to the internal UN investigation into 19 people accused of Israel.
At the end of January, Israeli authorities first accused 12 UNRWA workers of involvement in the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group, causing a storm to the agency, the backbone of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Seven more names were later added to the list. Major donors then suspended their funding of the agency, which has more than 30,000 employees working to serve 5.9 million Palestinians in the region, including 13,000 in Gaza. According to a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, these employees will be removed.
China advises its citizens against traveling to Lebanon
“Given the current critical situation”, Chinese citizens traveling to Lebanon “may face higher security risks and assistance (from the embassy) may apply”, referring to the Chinese embassy in Beirut. . Chinese citizens are called to be “extremely cautious, strengthen their security measures and be prepared for emergency situations”, added the embassy in a press release published on Monday evening, with a moderate tone more than other countries.
Several capitals have called on their nationals to leave Lebanon in recent days, amid fears of a military coup in the region. Lebanon’s Hezbollah has been exchanging fire daily with the Israeli army on the border for months, supporting the Palestinians since the start of the war in Gaza.
Palestinian prisoners tortured: UN experts denounce “absolute indifference”
Ten UN experts warned on Monday against the “escalation of the use of torture” in Israel against Palestinian prisoners from the war in Gaza, denouncing the “complete indifference” and calling to prevent a crime against humanity.
They protested the “silence of the States […] after the appearance of evidence and reports on allegations of medical treatment and torture”, and that “to force Israel” with the aim of implementing a system of access, surveillance and protection of those who have killed Palestinians. Experts said they had received “confirmed information” reporting many cases of torture, sexual assault and rape, “in grossly unfair conditions”.
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