“All stakeholders must ensure security and safety” UNIFIL soldiers, he insists. In a message posted onWednesday October 9, the UN Secretary General recalls that “the mission is based on full compliance with commitments by all parties.” The 10,000 peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon “continue to fulfill their mandate to the extent possible”, despite the bombings, insists Antonio Guterres. “Follow our live stream.
Hezbollah claims to have repulsed two infiltration attempts by Israeli soldiers. In a statement released after midnight, the pro-Iranian Shiite movement reported that its fighters had detonated “an explosive device on an Israeli enemy force” and committed “the fight with her as she attempted to infiltrate the border town of Blida”. In another statement, Hezbollah declares that its fighters targeted Israeli soldiers in particular “with artillery shells” as they tried to move forward “at 4:55 a.m. Wednesday towards the border area of Labouneh”, located in the South-West.
Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with “destructions like in Gaza”. As Israel expands its ground offensive in southern Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened the Lebanese with “destructions like in Gaza if they did not liberate” not their country of Hezbollah, in a video posted online Tuesday evening.
London calls on the world “not to weaken”. As he visits the Middle East in the coming hours, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy warns that countries “must not waver at this critical time to secure ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza and to secure the release of all hostages.” He describes the situation as“incredibly dangerous”.
Qatar will open an “air bridge” to Lebanon. Firas Abiad, the Lebanese Minister of Health, said he saw in this new airlift “vital aid to alleviate the suffering of the Lebanese people”. According to the Lebanese government, ten planes will transport humanitarian, medical and food aid between Qatar and Lebanon in October.
