Beirut, October 10, 2023 (Xinhua) – The United Nations forces operating in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced today (Tuesday) that they are in contact with Lebanon and Israel to work to calm the “extremely dangerous situation” on their borders.
UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in a statement, according to the official Lebanese National News Agency, “We are continuing our contacts with the authorities on both sides of the Blue Line to calm this very dangerous situation.”
Tenenti urged “everyone to exercise restraint at this critical time,” noting that UNIFIL forces detected today at approximately 5:30 pm local time the launching of missiles from the south of the city of Tyre, “in western south Lebanon.”
In response to the launching of rockets towards northern Israel, the Israeli army fired its artillery towards southern Lebanon, and the Lebanese Army Command issued a statement in which it indicated, “The areas of Al-Qulayla and Al-Dahaira and other border areas in the Tire district were subjected to artillery shelling by Israel, after launching missiles from the Qulaila Plain towards the Palestinian territories.” Occupied.
On the other hand, the Minister of Education and Higher Education in the Lebanese caretaker government, Abbas Al-Halabi, announced in a statement today “the continued closure of schools, high schools and vocational schools tomorrow in the districts adjacent to the southern international border,” attributing this to “the tension witnessed in the villages located in the aforementioned districts.”
The situation has escalated on the Lebanese-Israeli border over the past two days after Hezbollah, the day before yesterday (Sunday), fired dozens of rockets towards military sites in the Shebaa Farms in support of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched by Hamas last Saturday morning, and Israeli forces responded by firing heavy artillery fire. Targeting several areas in eastern and southern Lebanon.
The situation escalated again yesterday after elements of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, infiltrated from Lebanon into northern Israel and clashed with Israeli forces, prompting Israel to bomb several areas in southern Lebanon, resulting in… 3 Hezbollah members were killed, who responded by bombing the Pranit and Avivim barracks in northern Israel with guided missiles and mortar shells./end of news/
2023-10-10 17:31:16
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