US officials are trying to broker a ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israel launched a ground campaign last month that killed most of the senior leadership of Hezbollah, an Iran-backed movement that says it fights Israel on behalf of the Palestinians. Used to be.
Lebanon’s interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati said there is no alternative to UN Resolution 1701, but added that “new understandings” could be reached to implement it, according to a statement issued by his office on Monday.
Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, mandates that United Nations peacekeeping missions assist Lebanese forces in keeping the southern border area with Israel free of weapons or armed personnel other than those of the Lebanese state.
The Israeli military said on Monday that its warplanes hit short-range missile launchers in southern Lebanon that were aimed at northern Israeli settlements. According to the army, fifteen launchers were targeted.
During the night, Israel launched strikes targeting branches of the banking system in Beirut, southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, which, according to Israel, is run by Hezbollah to finance its operations. Hundreds of families fled their homes near the targeted locations before the attacks, although there were no immediate reports of casualties.
“Attacks, attacks, attacks with planes and drones, and we don’t know who the targets are and who will die every day,” said Micheline Jabbour, who works in a Beirut pastry shop.
