UN Rapporteur calls for punishing Israel; attacks in Lebanon and Gaza leave 53 dead

AFP and Europa Press

La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, November 4, 2024, p. 27

Baalbek. The Israeli offensive on Gaza and Lebanon yesterday left at least 53 fatalities, while Francesca Albanese, rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the United Nations (UN), considered that it is necessary to impose sanctions on Israel , in addition to suspending economic, diplomatic, political and military relations.

In an interview with the UN information portal, Albanese insisted that the Israeli campaign is conduct aimed at destroying the possibility of living in Gaza; also to inflict physical and mental suffering with the intention of producing this destruction.

For its part, Turkey delivered a letter to the world body in which it requested, along with 51 countries and two organizations, the imposition of an embargo on war materials on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

We must repeat at every opportunity that selling weapons to Israel means participating in genocidedeclared Hakan Fidan, Turkish Foreign Minister, who stated: there is a genocide in Gaza. Netanyahu continues with this method and wants to completely eliminate the two-state solutionthe Turkish news agency Anatolia reported.

The Israeli premier visited the border with Lebanon, from where he assured that the objective of his offensive is to expel Hezbollah north of the Litani River so that there is security in his country.

I want to be clear: with or without a (ceasefire) agreement, the key to restoring peace and security in the north (of Israel) is, above all, maintaining away from the armed group, in addition to react to any attempt to rearmament and to respond firmly to any operation against ushe declared in a meeting with Israeli soldiers.

He also announced a government plan to support reservists and especially their families in answer to his disposition, his fighting spiritwithout giving more details.