LThe Israeli army said it carried out new airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, after senior officials rejected a call for a 21-year ceasefire proposed by the United States and France. . The Israeli army “is currently carrying out strikes on Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Lebanon,” it said in a statement.
In the afternoon, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged, from the podium of the UN General Assembly, an end to the killings against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which he described as “war crimes.” » and “total war of genocide”. “Stop this crime, stop the killings, stop the genocide!” Stop sending weapons to Israel! This madness cannot continue,” implored Mahmoud Abbas.
According to the president of the Palestinian Authority, “75% of the Gaza Strip” is completely destroyed, due to the Israeli offensive against Hamas which has left, according to Palestinian sources, “more than 40,000 dead and more than 100,000 injured “. The Israeli army vowed to destroy Hamas in response to the unprecedented attack committed by Hamas commandos on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians.
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Mahmoud Abbas also considered that Israel did not deserve to be a member of the UN because the Jewish state “refuses to implement United Nations resolutions”. The Palestinian president once again called for the State of Palestine to be recognized as a “full member” of the United Nations “as soon as possible.” » “What are we missing to be considered on an equal footing with all of you? To become the 194th Member State of the United Nations? We have a territory, a population, a culture,” said Mahmoud Abbas from the podium of the general assembly. The Palestinian president was warmly applauded before and after his speech.
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