Reuters, AFP and Europa Press
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, October 31, 2024, p. 27
New York. The Security Council of the United Nations (UN) warned yesterday firmly against any attempt to dismantle or reduce the operations and mandate of its Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA), after Israel passed a law banning its operations.
The Security Council emphasized that if Israel implements such a law, it will have to meet the needs of the population in accordance with international law.
In a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member body expressed concern about the initiative approved Monday in the Israeli Parliament.
More than 30 dead in Gaza and Lebanon
In the field of war, more than 30 deaths are the result of the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.
Tel Aviv bombed northern Gaza again, killing 20 people.
The Salateen area, in Beit Lahiya, in the north of the enclave, was the target of bombing, near where, according to doctors, at least 93 people died or disappeared yesterday in an attack that Washington described as frightening.
In Lebanon, the Ministry of Health reported 19 dead and 15 injured by Israeli bombings in a village in the Bekaa Valley, while Israel ordered residents of Baalbek and two other towns to leave these areas. immediately in the face of new bombings against alleged Hezbollah targets.
The Israeli army announced that it attacked command centers and infrastructure of Hezbollah with daytime bombings against the cities of Baalbek, in the east, and Nabatieh, in the south of Lebanon.
A bombing near Nabatieh killed the number two of Hezbollah’s elite force, Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi, the Israeli army said.
In the offensive against Lebanon, Israeli forces have killed more than 2,800 people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
Finally, Nasim Qasem, new leader of Hezbollah, referring to the drone attack on the house of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that this He survived, perhaps, because his time has not come. And he added: my plan is to continue the war, which is the same as Hassan Nasrallahthe leader assassinated by Israel, reported The Jerusalem Post.
