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Since Monday, Israel has been bombing Lebanon, and in the three days that have passed, at least 620 people have died as a result. Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon has pleaded with members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take action.
France summoned an urgent security council meeting on Wednesday, and the French foreign minister used the occasion to announce that his country and the US are working together to find a way to temporarily cease hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Mikati addressed the emergency conference at UN headquarters in New York, saying, “Israel is invading our sovereignty by bringing their drones and warplanes into our skies.” “Terror and fear among the Lebanese citizens in full view of the world” have been expanded by devices and the prospect of a ground invasion.
De-escalation of Lebanon:
According to Mikati, there is an urgent need for de-escalation because Israel has spread “terror and fear among the Lebanese citizens in full view of the world” by its aerial bombardment, attacks on electronic equipment, and threatening ground invasion.
Mikati addressed the 15 members of the most powerful UN body, saying, “I hope to return to my country armed with your explicit stance calling for the cessation of this aggression and for the respect of the sovereignty and safety of my country.”
According to the Ministry of Health in Lebanon, Israel’s bombing campaign claimed 72 lives on Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described Monday as the “bloodiest day in Lebanon in a generation,” saying at least 492 people, including 35 children, had died on Monday alone.
Statement by minister of France:
Jean-Noel Barrot, the foreign minister of France, stated that his nation has been addressing Lebanon’s concerns. “We have collaborated with our American allies on a 21-day temporary ceasefire plan in order to facilitate talks,” stated Barrot. Washington anticipated that the ceasefire plan would “lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution,” according to Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN. Woods blamed Hezbollah’s “build up of weapons, many of which are supplied by Iran” for Israel’s attack on Lebanon, saying that “nobody wants to see a repeat of the full-blown war that occurred in 2006.”
Israel has been stepping up its attacks on Lebanon as the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s October 8 attacks on Israel approaches and there appears to be no end in sight to Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel in New York on Thursday, amid the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza and its attacks on Lebanon, to argue in favor of his far-right government’s military actions before the UN.
Statement by minister of France:
Jean-Noel Barrot, the foreign minister of France, stated that his nation has been addressing Lebanon’s concerns. “We have collaborated with our American allies on a 21-day temporary ceasefire plan in order to facilitate talks,” stated Barrot. Washington anticipated that the ceasefire plan would “lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution,” according to Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN. Woods blamed Hezbollah’s “build up of weapons, many of which are supplied by Iran” for Israel’s attack on Lebanon, saying that “nobody wants to see a repeat of the full-blown war that occurred in 2006.”
Statement by minister of France:
Jean-Noel Barrot, the foreign minister of France, stated that his nation has been addressing Lebanon’s concerns. “We have collaborated with our American allies on a 21-day temporary ceasefire plan in order to facilitate talks,” stated Barrot. Washington anticipated that the ceasefire plan would “lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution,” according to Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN. Woods blamed Hezbollah’s “build up of weapons, many of which are supplied by Iran” for Israel’s attack on Lebanon, saying that “nobody wants to see a repeat of the full-blown war that occurred in 2006.”
Statement by minister of France:
Jean-Noel Barrot, the foreign minister of France, stated that his nation has been addressing Lebanon’s concerns. “We have collaborated with our American allies on a 21-day temporary ceasefire plan in order to facilitate talks,” stated Barrot. Washington anticipated that the ceasefire plan would “lead to calm and enable discussions to a diplomatic solution,” according to Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN. Woods blamed Hezbollah’s “build up of weapons, many of which are supplied by Iran” for Israel’s attack on Lebanon, saying that “nobody wants to see a repeat of the full-blown war that occurred in 2006.”
Israel has been stepping up its attacks on Lebanon as the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s October 8 attacks on Israel approaches and there appears to be no end in sight to Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel in New York on Thursday, amid the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza and its attacks on Lebanon, to argue in favor of his far-right government’s military actions before the UN.
US assembly:
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, revealed to reporters at the meeting on Wednesday that Netanyahu was en route to New York and will be addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday.
Danon expressed gratitude to reporters for “all those who are
making a sincere effort with diplomacy to avoid escalation, to avoid a full
war.” Later, Danon told the UNSC that Iran was the source of all conflict in the area and that eliminating the menace was necessary for peace. Prior to the council meeting, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said reporters that Tehran would not stand by while the onslaught on Lebanon intensified and that his nation backed Hezbollah.
