Lebanon The Ministry of Health says that the Israeli airstrike on Thursday in the central Beirut At least 22 people were killed, while Israeli forces reportedly attacked the office of the United Nations mission and wounded two UN officials.
The attack took place in central Beirut, where an AFP journalist heard several loud explosions, last month Israel It is the third attack on the center of the Lebanese capital since the campaign intensified.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health released the latest death toll and said the number of injured in the attack had reached 117.
Live TV footage from AFP showed two plumes of smoke rising from the densely populated buildings.
Israeli officials did not immediately comment on the nature of the target.
Lebanese security sources said, without providing further details, that one of the Israeli attacksHezbollah official’ was targeted.
Meanwhile, in Lebanon itself, Israeli ground forces were accused of firing on the headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, in which two personnel were injured.
The latest attack came on the same day that UN peacekeepers in Lebanon accused Israeli troops of repeatedly firing on its positions, including using tanks, injuring two Indonesian soldiers.
“An attack on a UN peacekeeping mission is irresponsible and unacceptable,” EU chief Charles Michel said on Friday.
Italy and Spain both condemned the attack, but Washington said that Israel targets Hezbollah installations, but “it is important that it does not endanger the safety and security of UN peacekeepers.”
The Israeli military said it was operating against Hezbollah fighters near the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and had “directed UN forces to secure locations.” Stay.’
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Israel has been attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon since September 23. According to data from the Ministry of Health, more than 1,200 people have been killed in these attacks and more than 1 million people have been displaced.
Israeli ground forces entered Lebanon on September 30 in an attempt to halt cross-border firing by Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian group Hamas.
Hezbollah missile attacks and artillery shelling forced thousands of Israelis to flee the border areas last year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that the fight will continue until his return.
The ongoing operation in Lebanon is another front for Israeli forces, who are still continuing their campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
According to Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Israeli army launched a major operation over the weekend around the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where nearly four million people are trapped.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington was “extremely concerned” as Israel continues to tighten its blockade.
He said: ‘We are making it clear to the Israeli government that they have an obligation under international human rights law to allow food, water and other essential humanitarian aid to reach all parts of Gaza. .’
According to the Health Ministry of the Hamas-controlled area, 42,650 people have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war, most of them civilians. The United Nations has declared these figures reliable.
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