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Jordan’s foreign minister arrives in Beirut
Ayman Safadi has landed in the Lebanese capital on a “solidarity” visit, according to state media. The foreign minister arrived on a plane carrying 13 tonnes of food supplies, relief materials, medication, and medical equipment.
While in Beirut, Safadi will meet Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun.
‘Israel bears responsibility for this aggression’: Jordan
During a news conference, Safadi said Jordan’s efforts are continuing to stop “the Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon”.
“We will provide urgent aid to Lebanon and confirm our solidarity with our brothers against the Israeli aggression,” Safadi said, adding Jordan won’t “allow anyone” – including Iran and Israel – to threaten its security or “violate” Jordanian airspace.
“Israel bears responsibility for this aggression and escalation in the region and any new escalation.”
Death toll in Israeli attack on fire station rises to 10: Lebanese ministry
Ten firefighters have been killed after Israeli soldiers targeted a fire station affiliated with the Islamic Health Authority in the town of Baraachit, according to officials. The death toll in the attack earlier stood at eight.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency cited the Health Ministry as saying the killed firefighters were “in the building ready to go out on rescue missions”, adding efforts to remove the rubble were ongoing.
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon at risk as Israeli forces ‘move very close’
Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, says the safety of its troops is at risk during the ongoing border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
“We have been seeing in recent days heavy shelling throughout the area of operations,” Tenenti told Al Jazeera. “The fact [Israeli] troops have moved very close to our position, the Irish contingent, at the moment is also a concern.”
UNIFIL soldiers are caught in the crossfire, he said.
“Definitely also concerning is the fact we were told to move from certain positions along the Blue Line, but we are staying because we want the UN flag to fly in all these positions close to the Blue Line.”
Tenenti was referring to the UN-drawn “provisional border of withdrawal” between Israel and Lebanon established in 2000.
Civilians at ‘grave risk’ as Israel attacks Lebanon-Syria border
Israeli air attacks near the main Lebanon-Syria border crossing are endangering civilian lives and hampering humanitarian operations.
“An Israeli attack on a legitimate military target may still be unlawful if it can be expected to cause immediate civilian harm disproportionate to the anticipated military gain,” HRW said in a statement.
If Hezbollah used the crossing to transfer weapons, it, too, “may be failing to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians under their control”, it added.
HRW’s Lama Fakih explained that by making the border crossing inaccessible when “hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing fighting and many others are in need of aid, the Israeli military threatens considerable civilian harm”.
Number of people killed across Lebanon rises
Lebanon’s Health Ministry has issued updates about a number of Israeli attacks:
- At least 15 people have been killed and 46 wounded in Mount Lebanon governorate.
- At least four killed and 26 wounded in Nabatieh governorate.
- At least three killed and 19 wounded in South governorate.
- Overall, the number of people killed in a year of Israeli attacks has reached 2,083, with 9,869 wounded.
New air attack on Beirut
We’re getting reports of a new Israeli air attack on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.
UK withdraws family members of embassy staff from Israel
The move comes because of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the risk of a wider regional conflagration, according to the British foreign office.
“As a precautionary measure following escalation in the region, family members of British Embassy staff have been temporarily withdrawn. Our staff members remain,” it said in a statement.
Hezbollah rockets hit Israel’s third-largest city Haifa early on Monday and shrapnel from rockets launched from Gaza landed in central Israel earlier today. The attacks wounded at least 12 people in total.
The UK advises citizens against all travel to the area close to the border with Gaza and “all but essential travel” to other parts of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli border police officers attend the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, landed in Maalot, northern Israel, Monday
