The French side has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in Lebanon, where clashes with Israel are intensifying, said the new French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barreau, quoted by France Presse.
“At this moment, I am thinking of the Lebanese people, after Israeli strikes claimed hundreds of civilian casualties, including dozens of children. These strikes on both sides of the Blue Line (the demarcation line between Israel and Lebanon drawn by the United Nations) and more broadly in the region must stop immediately,” Barro said from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly.
“France invites the countries and those who support them to de-escalate in order to avoid the outbreak of a regional conflagration that would be devastating for everyone and above all for the civilian population. I have therefore called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council in connection Lebanon this week,” added the new head of French diplomacy, who took office yesterday.
“In Lebanon, as elsewhere, France will remain fully mobilized to resolve the major crises that are undermining the international order,” he assured.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced late last night that 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, had been killed and 1,645 wounded in the southern and eastern parts of the country as a result of incessant Israeli strikes since yesterday morning. This is the largest number of victims and victims in the violence that broke out nearly a year ago.
The Israeli army has announced that in the last 24 hours it has struck more than 1,300 targets of the Shiite Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
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