In Lebanon, almost half a million people have had to flee from Israeli attacks.
Lebanese security sources say Israel struck near the Lebanese capital Beirut early Wednesday. The target is said to have been some kind of warehouse located in Saadiyat, twenty kilometers south of Beirut.
AFP news agency reporters in Beirut have reported hearing explosions.
The Iranian-backed extremist organization Hizbullah, on the other hand, confirmed its commander By Ibrahim Qubais who died in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday. Qubaisi headed Hezbollah’s missile unit.
According to the Lebanese authorities, six people were killed in the Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Israel has killed almost all known Hezbollah commanders.
The Lebanese foreign minister who arrived in the United States for the UN General Assembly Abdallah Bou Habib reported that after this week’s attacks by Israel, about half a million people in Lebanon have been forced to flee their homes. Before this week, there were about 110,000 people who left their homes in Lebanon.
– This is a very difficult situation — a very expensive situation — at a time when the country is economically weak, Bou Habib said.
The foreign minister was disappointed with Biden’s speech
Spoken at the event of a US think tank Bou Habib commented critically on the President of the United States Joe Biden speech at the UN General Assembly. According to Bou Habib, the issues presented by Biden do not solve Lebanon’s problems.
Biden said in his speech that things could be resolved through diplomatic means.
– The United States is the only country that can really influence the Middle East and Lebanon, Bou Habib said.
A US State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity on Monday, said the US has concrete ideas for easing the situation in Lebanon and plans to discuss them with its allies this week.
UN Security Council for an emergency meeting
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday local time due to the situation in Lebanon, the UN mission of Slovenia, which holds the presidency of the council, says.
According to the delegation, also the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres speaks in a meeting.
An emergency meeting of the Security Council had been requested by at least France, a permanent member of the Council, whose foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot told about it on Monday.
Egypt had also demanded that the Security Council meet immediately. According to Egypt, the Council should demand that Israel stop the dangerous escalation of the conflict, which, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, could lead to a war involving the entire region. Egypt is not a member of the Security Council.
Israel has hit Lebanon hard in recent days. According to Lebanon, at least more than 550 people have died in the attacks, including dozens of women and children.
The UN is currently holding a general assembly.