‘The entire region has reached the edge of the abyss’: Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry
Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants has expressed “great concern” about the ongoing developments in the Middle East, calling for an end to escalation. “We are following with great concern the events and developments in the Middle East after the entire region has reached the edge of the abyss,” it said in a statement published on its website.
“This comes as the war on Gaza continues for the seventh month, and amid the failure to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2728 to cease the war in Gaza, and to return to the political path based on the two-state solution and the relevant UN resolutions,” it added.
The ministry also urged an end to escalation and threats of war and retaliation, calling for respect of international law and resolutions “to avert the repercussions of the conflagration of the entire Middle East, which jeopardises regional peace and security”.
Mapping Israel’s, Lebanon’s cross-border attacks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/4/15/mapping-israel-lebanon-cross-border-attacks
Al Jazeera’s interactive team has mapped Israel’s and Hezbollah’s cross-border attacks since the war on Gaza began. From October 7 to March 15, Israel, Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon engaged in at least 4,733 attacks.
In the past six months, Hezbollah and other armed groups averaged five attacks on Israel per day while Israel has conducted five times as many, about 25 strikes on Lebanon a day, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.
