Ž.F. / STA
26. 11. 2024, 18.46
Updated: November 26, 2024, 9:37 p.m
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send the truce proposal, which received the support of the security cabinet, to the government for approval today. Today, the Israeli army launched a new large-scale attack on the Lebanese capital Beirut, and the land invasion also reached the Litani River.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanjahu said that a truce with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement would mean Israel could focus on “the Iranian threat“. At the same time, he asserted that the Israeli army would respond if Hezbollah did not respect the ceasefire.
According to the provisions of the American cease-fire proposal, the Israeli army is supposed to withdraw from the southern part of Lebanon, and Hezbollah members to the north of the Litani River. following United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended hostilities between the two sides in 2006. The control of the area was then to be taken over by the Lebanese National Army within sixty days.
The deal is also said to include the creation of a US-led committee to oversee its implementation and assurances from official Washington that Israel can continue to act against immediate threats if the Lebanese army does not.
Large-scale attacks by the Israeli army on Beirut
Before the meeting of the Israeli war cabinet, which decided on the acceptance of the ceasefire, the Lebanese press agency NNA reported on numerous attacks on the capital Beirut, among other things, Israeli forces allegedly hit a four-story building with displaced civilians in the southern suburbs of the capital.
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A man with the flag of the Hezbollah movement in front of a destroyed building that was the target of night attacks by the Israeli army in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In the attacks, which also targeted the central part of the city, Israeli forces killed at least seven people and wounded at least 37 others.
In the afternoon, Israel also threatened residents of West Beirut with evacuation orders, where panic reigned after a mass attempt by civilians to flee.
According to the Israeli military, the attacks targeted Hezbollah’s military and financial infrastructure, among other things. Meanwhile, the Shia movement continues its rocket attacks on northern Israel.
Source: svet24.si
