Should we live under the trees?"
The world suddenly turned upside down and darkness prevailed,
We rushed out to look for the children,
I don't think we are currently in a situation that the two countries are seeking an all-out direct war,
We have been making clear to the government of Israel that they have an obligation under international humanitarian law to allow food and water and other needed humanitarian assistance to make it into all parts of Gaza,
Accordingly, the IDF instructed the UN forces in the area to remain in protected spaces, following which the forces opened fire in the area,
We are there because the [UN] security council has asked us to be there. So we are staying until the situation becomes impossible for us to operate,
We have got to reach a ceasefire,
The solution to this crisis is a not a weaker Lebanon. It's a strong and truly sovereign Lebanon, protected by a legitimate security force, embodied in the Lebanese Armed Forces,
Since November 2022, Hezbollah's obstruction and the failures of the international community — particularly the Quintet of the U.S., France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt — have left Lebanon without a president for nearly two years,
But the problem is that also means an open-ended war against Lebanon, an open-ended war that has been harming a tremendous number of Lebanese civilians, and that's displaced now 1 million people in Lebanon,
It's all well and good for the Biden administration to say that they want to give Israel that space to attack Hezbollah and degrade its capability,
Far too many people are paying an unimaginable price, with over 2,000 killed, many more wounded and hundreds of thousands displaced,
The IDF's indiscriminate attacks against UNIFIL [U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon], which wounded two of our peacekeepers, clearly demonstrates how Israel positioned itself above international law, above impunity and above our shared values of peace,
Both things could be true and at the same time,
It's also shown that it will go against U.S. wishes,
We are deeply concerned about reports that Israeli forces fired on two positions and a tower used by UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.”
Not in central Beirut, I could never imagine in central Beirut,
I went out to throw out the rubbish, opened the door of the lift and the strike hit" and he was propelled to the ground
The kitchen windows exploded... and my son started crying,