The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday, August 17, that an Israeli attack in the Nabatieh sector had caused the deaths of at least nine people, including a woman and her two children. Five people were wounded in the attack, two of whom are in critical condition, the ministry said. The Israeli military, for its part, said it had attacked “A Hezbollah weapons depot” Nabatieh in the Lebanon region, as well as “Military structures” of the Islamic movement in the regions of Hanain and Maroun el Ras. According to the Lebanese news agency NNA, all the dead were Syrian refugees. “Concrete block factory” He was hit by Israeli aircraft in an industrial zone in the area. Follow our live broadcast.
According to the Gaza Civil Defense, the Israeli attack killed 15 members of a single family, including nine children. They all died in an air raid. “His house in Al-Jawida and nearby warehouses”The victims, including nine children aged between 2 and 17, were members of the Ajla family, said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the Gaza Strip Civil Defense.
Washington has presented a revised plan for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. According to a joint statement by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, talks on a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza will resume on August 19 in Cairo. No agreement “I’ve never been so close”Joe Biden made the promise to the US president on Friday after speaking with the leaders of Egypt and Qatar.
Anthony Blinken is expected to be in Israel. Joe Biden said in a press release that the US top diplomat will make a new diplomatic visit. “(…) No one in the region should act to undermine this process in order to insist that a comprehensive ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages are within sight.”.
France condemns attack on Jewish settlers in West Bank “Any act that disrupts the process of negotiating and concluding an agreement, especially a ceasefire” In exchange for the release of hostages during the war in the Palestinian territories of Gaza, “Unacceptable and remains unacceptable in the times we live in”Stephen Sejourne announced his visit to Jerusalem. The resigned French foreign minister continues his Middle East tour in Egypt on Saturday. He will be received in Cairo by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and meet with his Prime Minister Badr Abdelati.
