“Diplomacy remains the best and only path to achieving greater stability in the Middle East, and the United States remains committed to advancing these efforts with urgency” including toward a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, said the head of American diplomacy.
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The head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, called on Israel to “refrain from any land incursion” into Lebanon and to “cease fire”, also asking Hezbollah to do the same, during a conference of press in Beirut.
Mr. Barrot also “urged the parties” to “seize now” the international ceasefire proposal launched at the UN. “It’s still on the table. There is still hope, but there is little time left,” he said.
Paris and Washington, joined by Arab, Western and European countries, called last week for an “immediate 21-day ceasefire” between Israel and Hezbollah to “give diplomacy a chance”.
Dozens of targets targeted
“Air Force combat planes attacked dozens of targets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the Bekaa region of Lebanon,” a Civil Defense spokesperson said on Telegram, specifying : “Among the targets attacked, dozens of launchers and buildings where weapons were stored. »
Israel “will continue to forcefully attack, damage and degrade Hezbollah’s military capabilities and infrastructure in Lebanon,” he added.
Earlier, a Lebanese security source said at least four people were killed Monday in an Israeli drone strike targeting an apartment belonging to Jamaa Islamiya in Beirut – the first attack in the heart of the Lebanese capital since the attack unprecedented by Palestinian Hamas in Israel, October 7, 2023.
Israeli raids left at least 105 dead and 359 injured on Sunday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
Hezbollah began firing rockets at northern Israel on October 8, saying it was doing so in support of its ally Hamas, an Islamist movement at war against Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, the Israeli army indicated that “more than 20 other terrorists” from Lebanese Hezbollah had died in the airstrike which destroyed the organization’s headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, which cost the life of its leader. , Hassan Nasrallah.
“More than 20 other terrorists of various ranks, who were present in Beirut’s underground headquarters located under civilian buildings and who directed Hezbollah’s terrorist operations against the State of Israel, were also eliminated,” the statement said. army in a press release.
According to the army, Ibrahim Hussein Jazini, Samir Taoufiq Dib, Abed al-Amir Muhammad Sablini and Ali Naaf Ayoub were among those killed.
She said she had also killed Nabil Qaouq, a senior Hezbollah official, in an airstrike in the suburbs of Beirut. Qaouq was a member of Hezbollah’s central council and was considered “close to high-ranking Hezbollah commanders,” according to the statement.
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