Several Israeli sites hit, Hezbollah says
Hezbollah says it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers inside the Samaka site as well as the Ruwaysat al-Alam area in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shouba hills. It said it also “achieved a direct hit” when it shelled the Zabadin site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with artillery.
‘Any threat to Cyprus is a threat to the EU’
Peter Stano, a spokesperson for the EU’s foreign policy branch, told reporters that the union will stand behind its member state Cyprus in the face of all threats.
His words come after the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened yesterday that Cyprus would become part of any full-scale war between itself and the Israeli army if it allowed Israeli army planes to launch missions from its territory.
Tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border are currently high, as Israel said this week that it had approved operational plans to escalate its military action against Hezbollah, with which it has been engaging in limited exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October.
"#Cyprus is a Member State of the EU – this means the EU is Cyprus and Cyprus is the EU.
Any threat against one of our member states is a threat against the EU."
Peter Stano, @eu_eeas spokesperson @ExtSpoxEU explains the EU's position vis-à-vis threats made against Cyprus. pic.twitter.com/JNpt84V0cL
— European Commission in Cyprus (@EUCYPRUS) June 20, 2024
Cyprus is another European made mess
https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/western-europemediterranean/cyprus/268-island-divided-next-steps-troubled-cyprus
Europe is bombing Yemen and supporting genocide in Gaza with German/Italian weapons and UK surveillance. A threat is long overdue tbh.
To end Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the war in Gaza must end
Gershon Baskin, the Middle East director for the NGO International Communities Organisation, says the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is completely tied to the war on Gaza.
“There is no real conflict between the state of Israel and Lebanon. The conflict is all around the core issue of Israel and Palestine,” Baskin, a former hostage negotiator, told Al Jazeera from West Jerusalem. “This is why international attention needs to be focused on finding the diplomatic, political end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, first and foremost, the war in Gaza.”
He added that the escalating fighting and “bold” rhetoric between Israel and Hezbollah is cause for concern. “It’s a very dangerous picture right now with both sides being quite bold in their remarks. A great deal of ignorance here of each side threatening to hit the other going way beyond what they’ve done in the past eight and a half months,” he said.
“It’s extraordinarily dangerous for the people of Israel and the people of Lebanon if this war escalates anymore.”
