SvennoJ on 25 June 2024
Israeli shelling hits Khiam, southern Lebanon
A video posted on X shows smoke rising in the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon due to Israeli shelling.
According to the Lebanese news agency, Israeli warplanes carried out a raid on the town.
According to the Lebanese news agency, Israeli warplanes carried out a raid on the town.
Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon
Canada has reiterated a call for its citizens to leave Lebanon while they can, saying the security situation in the country was becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
“My message to Canadians has been clear since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East: it is not the time to travel to Lebanon. And for Canadians currently in Lebanon, it is time to leave, while commercial flights remain available,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.
US seeking diplomatic agreement to prevent Israel-Hezbollah conflict: Pentagon chief
The United States is urgently working towards a diplomatic agreement that would allow Israeli and Lebanese civilians to return to their homes on both sides of the border, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, adding that a war between Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating.
“Hezbollah’s provocations threaten to drag the Israeli and Lebanese people into a war that they do not want. Such a war would be a catastrophe for Lebanon and it would be devastating for innocent Israeli and Lebanese civilians,” Austin said at the start of his meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon.
“Diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation. So we’re urgently seeking a diplomatic agreement that restores lasting calm to Israel’s northern border and enables civilians to return safely to their homes on both sides of Israel-Lebanon border,” he added.
Stop supporting Netanyahu, drop your 'ironclad support'. As long as you keep giving Netanyahu what he wants he'll keep on pressing for an invasion of Lebanon.
The United States is urgently working towards a diplomatic agreement that would allow Israeli and Lebanese civilians to return to their homes on both sides of the border, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, adding that a war between Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating.
“Hezbollah’s provocations threaten to drag the Israeli and Lebanese people into a war that they do not want. Such a war would be a catastrophe for Lebanon and it would be devastating for innocent Israeli and Lebanese civilians,” Austin said at the start of his meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon.
“Diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation. So we’re urgently seeking a diplomatic agreement that restores lasting calm to Israel’s northern border and enables civilians to return safely to their homes on both sides of Israel-Lebanon border,” he added.
Stop supporting Netanyahu, drop your 'ironclad support'. As long as you keep giving Netanyahu what he wants he'll keep on pressing for an invasion of Lebanon.
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