▲ Palestinians mourn the death of relatives in an Israeli offensive against the Al Bureij refugee camp in Gaza.Photo Afp
Europa Press, Afp Sputnik and Ap
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, p. 29
Washington. The president of the United States, Joe Biden, stated yesterday: I would like that Israel would stopwhen asked about the possibility of a ground invasion of Lebanon, hours before Tel Aviv began its incursion into the Arab country.
There should be a ceasefire nowBiden declared to the press from the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing of the White House.
After the start of Israel’s new war action, the Pentagon announced an additional deployment of troops to the Middle East, which would raise the number of elements in the region to 43,000, in addition to an increase in various fighter squadrons and attack aircraft. , declared Sabrina Singh, spokesperson for the Defense agency.
Support includes squads of F-15E fighters, F-16 and F-22, attack aircraft A-10as well as the necessary personnel.
Before the Israeli incursion, the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, opposed any land invasion in Lebanon, while the head of European diplomacy, the Spanish Josep Borrell, warned that a new military intervention in Lebanon would aggravate the situation in that country.
In this context, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Finul) suspended activities in the south of this Mediterranean nation. “The blue helmets of the FINUL remain in position in the area of responsibility of the mission, although the intensity of the fighting impedes their movements and their ability to carry out their tasks,” explained Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, at a press conference from New York.
Borrell, who is in Mexico to attend the presidential transition ceremony, called an extraordinary meeting through conference to discuss the situation in Lebanon.
We are very concerned about the risk of further escalation of the conflict in the region. I urge all parties to show restrainthe expressed.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, stated that there are already 100,000 people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli air attacks. Germany and the United States withdrew their compatriots from this conflict territory.
France will strengthen its support for the Lebanese army in the midst of the Israeli attacks on Beirut, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said yesterday.
The chancellor also asked Israel refrain from any ground invasion and a ceasefire, and I call on Hezbollah to do the same.
The president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that If the Security Council does not show the necessary will, the power of the UN General Assembly to recommend the use of force, as in the Union for Peace resolution of 1950, must be activated quickly..
Erdogan, whose country is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, assured that it is also doing everything possible to provide humanitarian assistance.