AFP, Europa Press and Sputnik

The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, September 21, 2024, p. 17

Washington. US President Joe Biden yesterday broke his silence on the crisis in Lebanon and said he was ready working for the return of displaced populations on both sides of the border due to clashes between Israel and Hezbollah.

Biden assured that he intends ensuring that the populations of northern Israel and southern Lebanon can return to their homesHe also indicated that his teams are working on this with the intelligence community.”

For its part, the Spanish government condemned the recent Israeli bombing of Beirut, as well as the Hezbollah attacks, and called for containment between the parties.

The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement indicating that the exchange of attacks causes innocent victims and seriously threatens regional stability and international peace and security.

Meanwhile, Russia yesterday described new terrorist method the recent attacks with beeper devices against Lebanon and Syria, where thousands were injured, while the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the brutal and malicious attack for which he blames Israel.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani said that There is no doubt that the Zionist regime, contrary to the overwhelming opinion of the majority of governments and nations of the world on the need to establish a ceasefire, seeks to escalate tensions.

Objects harmless in common use, new weapons

Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, declared yesterday before the Security Council that international law prohibits the use of artifacts explosives that look like objects harmlesswhich could constitute a war crime, he suggested.

It is a war crime to commit acts of violence intended to spread terror among the civilian population.added Turk at a meeting convened by Algeria, after the electronic communication devices of the Islamist group Hezbollah exploded in Lebanon and Syria.

On the 17th and 18th, there were massive and sudden explosions of communication equipment, which left more than 37 dead and almost 3,000 injured, according to official data collected by the Sputnik news agency.