‘Calls for de-escalation only emboldened Iran’: Israeli ambassador to UN
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, says Iran will “pay a heavy price” for its missile attack. “This was a deliberate attempt to strike at the very heart of our society,” he told the UN Security Council.
Danon said Israel faces constant attacks and criticised calls by UN members for restraint. The world watched silently as Iran funded and directed attacks against us for the past year,” he said.
“The silence, the routine calls for de-escalation only emboldened Iran.”
Not the assassinations and ongoing genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank? The world watched silently as you oppressed, tortured and displaced Palestinians with US funding and protection for many decades.
However it's a nice admission that military bases are the very heart of your society...
Iran’s attack on Israel was a “necessity”
The launch of nearly 200 ballistic missiles was a “necessity” and needed “to restore deterrence”, Iran’s representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, said at the UN Security Council.
“Each act of aggression can’t go unpunished. This is the cost this regime must bear,” Iravani said, referring to Israel.
On Tuesday, Iran attacked military and security targets “in full accordance with its right of self-defence” following Israel’s repeated attacks in violation of the country’s territorial integrity, he said.
Israel also breached Iran’s sovereignty by killing Hamas leader Haniyeh, targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus and killing an Iranian military adviser in Lebanon, he added.
“All key facts that clearly demonstrated Iran’s self-defence.”
Iran is now prepared to take “defensive measures to protect its territorial integrity” should Israel retaliate, Iravani added.
Lebanon remains committed to US-France call for ceasefire
The Lebanese deputy ambassador to the UN, Hadi Hachem, says his country is willing to bolster the presence of its army in the south as a measure towards ending the Israeli war.
“The people of Lebanon and the government of Lebanon reject the war. They want the implementation of Resolution 1701. They want to deploy the Lebanese army in the south along our ground borders, with the support of UNIFIL,” he said.
Hachem was referring to the 2006 resolution to end the Israeli war on Lebanon at the time and pave the way for lasting security along the border.
The deputy envoy also said that Lebanon remains committed to the US-France call for a ceasefire. “Lebanon has agreed to the French-American initiative – that Israel initially agreed to, but then rejected and annihilated with its wave of killing and destruction,” Hachem said.
“We remain committed to the call issued by the American and French presidents. We pledge to implement all the points of the declaration, including an immediate ceasefire. Upon a ceasefire, we are prepared to deploy the Lebanese Army to the area south of the Litany River.”
Lebanon’s FM says Nasrallah agreed to ceasefire before assassination
Hezbollah chief Nasrallah agreed to a ceasefire with Israel shortly before he was assassinated in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said today, according to the Anadolu news agency.
“He agreed. Yes, the Lebanese side agreed,” said Bou Habib. “We consulted with Hezbollah, [Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih] Berri consulted with Hezbollah, and we informed US and French representatives.”
A joint statement released on September 24 by 12 countries and organisations, including the US and France, called for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to facilitate diplomatic efforts.
Nasrallah was assassinated when Israeli air strikes targeted a southern suburb of Beirut on September 27, killing hundreds of people.
I can't find the source of this other than this Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah agreed to a ceasefire with Israel before he was assassinated in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said in a PBS interview https://t.co/bHCjPZtgzq
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hezbollah-chief-agreed-ceasefire-assassination-lebanese-fm-says?nid=394896&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=532496
No PBS interview found. This seems rather farfetched, since Hezbollah vowed to fight on.
