– More than 200 children were killed in Lebanon, almost two months after the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, Unicef warned on Tuesday, an average of “more than three” per day. Unicef denounces “a silent normalization of horror”.
– Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis pleaded on Monday for a two-state solution in the Middle East and for a ceasefire, during sessions of the UN Security Council. “The two-state solution offers Israelis and Palestinians the prospect of living in peace and security,” he stressed.
– The G20 countries said they were “united to support a ceasefire” in Gaza and Lebanon, in the joint declaration from the Rio de Janeiro summit published Monday evening.
– The American president’s special envoy, Amos Hochstein, visiting Lebanon on Tuesday, estimated that there was currently a “real opportunity” to put an end to the open war opposing the Israeli army to Hezbollah.
– Around 40 projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli army announced, with emergency services reporting four minor injuries.
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