While at least six series of Israeli strikes have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut since Tuesday, a new bombardment took place this Thursday, November 14 in the morning about an hour after a new call to evacuate published by the Israeli army. On Wednesday, an Israeli strike carried out at dawn in the same area left 8 dead, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. In Gaza, the NGO Human Rights Watch believes that Israel is responsible for “war crimes” and “forced transfer of civilians”.
Information to remember:
⇒ Gaza: the NGO Human Rights Watch denounces the “war crime” of “forced transfer” of civilians
⇒ Lebanon: the Israeli army continues its strikes on southern Beirut
⇒ Lebanese Hezbollah claims new strike on soldiers in northern Israel
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The France-Israel match, a high-risk meeting in Paris
The French team receives Israel in a very tense atmosphere, this Thursday evening at the Stade de France, where an exceptional security system has been put in place in the middle of the conflict in the Middle East, in a climate exacerbated by the violence of last week on the sidelines of a Maccabi Tel-Aviv match in Amsterdam. Saying he was “worried and vigilant”, the president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) Yonathan Arfi said this Thursday that he saw in this meeting “a symbol which goes beyond sport, an almost political symbol of affirmation in the face of to anti-Semitism, simply a republican statement. “It is the anti-Amsterdam that we must show this evening,” he pleaded on RTL.
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New Israeli strike on south Beirut after call to evacuate
A strike targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut this Thursday morning, after a new call to evacuate published by the Israeli army, noted an AFPTV videographer, Israel continuing its bombings against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. AFPTV images showed a thick cloud of gray smoke above the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“You are close to Hezbollah installations and interests, against which the IDF (Israeli Army, Editor’s note) will carry out operations in the near future,” an army spokesperson warned earlier. calling on residents of Chouaifat al-Omrousiya and al-Ghobeiry, south of Beirut, to evacuate “immediately”.
Since Tuesday evening, at least six series of strikes have targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.
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For Human Rights Watch, Israel is committing the “war crime” of “forcible transfer” of civilians
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) estimates in a report published this Thursday that the repeated evacuation orders from the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip lead to forced population displacements, which amounts to a “war crime.” “.
“Human Rights Watch has collected evidence that Israeli officials […] “commit the war crime of forcible transfer” of civilians, writes HRW. The report adds that “Israel’s actions also appear to meet the definition of ethnic cleansing” in areas where the army has ordered Palestinians to leave and where they will not be able to return. In October, the UN estimated that there were 1.9 million Gazans displaced by the war. The total population was estimated at some 2.4 million inhabitants at the start of the war.
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Lebanese Hezbollah claims new strike on soldiers in northern Israel
Lebanese Hezbollah said early Thursday it had fired missiles at Israeli soldiers in northern Israel, shortly after claiming responsibility for another strike on Israeli soldiers deployed in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the pro-Iranian movement said it had “targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in Sa’sa with a salvo of missiles”, specifying that the strike took place at 11:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday (10:50 p.m. French time). This locality is located in the north of Israel.
On Wednesday evening, the Israeli army announced the death of six Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon, bringing to 47 the number of its soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah since the start of its ground offensive in Lebanese territory. on September 30, as well as new strikes against Lebanon, which left at least eight dead.
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Lebanon: UN Security Council condemns attacks against peacekeepers
The UN Security Council yesterday condemned the attacks in recent weeks against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), calling on “all parties” to respect the security of the peacekeepers. In a statement, the members of the Council condemn several attacks which targeted UNIFIL positions and injured several peacekeepers. They do not name the perpetrators of these “incidents”, but cite the dates of several of them. Like on October 29 when a rocket fired “probably” by Hezbollah or its allies hit the UNIFIL headquarters. Or on November 7 when five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli strike and on November 8 when UNIFIL accused the Israeli army of damaging one of its positions in an action described as “deliberate and direct”.
The Security Council calls on “all parties to take all measures to respect the safety and security of UNIFIL personnel and facilities.” “Peacekeepers must never be the target of attacks,” insists the declaration, which provides its “total support” to UNIFIL.