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One of the objectives is to avoid a general conflagration,
the news agency AFP reported one official as saying The whole area has been reduced to ashes,
said Rana Abdel Majid, 38, from northern Gaza's Al-Faluja area, describing the "indiscriminate, merciless bombing" that has leveled entire blocks We see now what is probably the worst restrictions we've seen on humanitarian aid, ever,
said James Elder, a spokesman for the U.N.'s children's agency UNICEF, noting there were several days where no trucks were allowed into Gaza Since the Israeli enemy targeted all of Lebanon, we have the right from a defensive position to target any place
We listen to the opinions of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interest,
There is no safety anywhere."
At a shelter hit by an Israeli strike in the central Nuseirat camp, Fatima al-Azab said They are all children, sleeping in the covers, all burned and cut up,
Failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to implementing and maintaining these measures may have implications for U.S. policy ... and relevant U.S. law,
This collateral damage is simply unacceptable,
It’s difficult to see that happening in these circumstances when Lebanon is under such a strain,
said Lenarčič, who flew to Manila to attend an Asia Pacific conference on disaster mitigation That’s one of the reasons why we’re calling for a cease-fire, so as to allow Lebanon to organize itself so that it can benefit from all the funding which is out there,
Prime Minister Netanyahu clarified that Israel would not agree to any arrangement that does not provide this (a buffer zone) and which does not stop Hezbollah from rearming and regrouping.
When it comes to the scope and nature of the bombing campaign that we saw in Beirut over the past few weeks, it's something that we made clear to the government of Israel we had concerns with and we were opposed to,
he told reporters, adopting a harsher tone than Washington has taken so far After the ceasefire, according to an indirect agreement, the settlers would return to the north and other steps will be drawn up,
Qassem said in a recorded speech A reminder to the French president: It was not a UN decision that established the State of Israel but the victory that was achieved in the War of Independence ... ‚
Mr Netanyahu’s office said in a separate statement Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including advancing warnings to the population in the area,
the Israeli military said We've seen them come down over the past few days, which is not a prediction about what will happen in the future,
It was a violent night in Baalbek, we have not witnessed a similar one since
the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, 50-year-old resident Nidal al-Solh told Agence France-Presse Now we have over 25% of the country under a direct Israeli military evacuation order,
During our contacts with the American authorities last week, we received a kind of guarantee to reduce the escalation in the southern suburbs and Beirut,
Mikati said in a written statement distributed by his office