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Lebanon strongly condemns any attack on UNIFIL and calls on all sides to respect the safety, security of the troops and their premises,
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said during a conference in Rome
Lebanon is ready to fulfil its obligations stipulated in the above-mentioned resolution,
Bou Habib saidLebanon condemns recent attacks on the Italian contingent and deplores such unjustified hostilities."
Bou Habib addedIsrael’s use of U.S. arms to unlawfully attack and kill journalists away from any military target is a terrible mark on the United States as well as Israel,
said Richard Weir, the senior crisis, conflict and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch
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The attacks against UNIFIL are completely unacceptable,
Borrell said in a statement after his meeting with Lázaro
It’s hard to hold on to hope, certainly after so long and as another winter is about to begin,
said Yifat Zailer, cousin of Shiri Bibas, who is held along with her husband and two young sons
It is the silence of the international community that let this happen,
Ftouni saidOn the night of the attack, we were sitting in front of the chalets and the drone was flying super low on top of us,
said Fatima Ftouni, a journalist at al-Mayadeen who was staying a few chalets down from her colleagues when they were struckIt is a dangerous trend already witnessed in Gaza that journalists are linked to military operations in virtue of their assumed affiliation or political leanings, then seemingly become targets of attack. This is not compatible with international law.”
Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, saidAll the indications show that this would have been a deliberate targeting of journalists: a war crime. This was clearly delineated as a place where journalists were staying,
said Nadim Houry, a human rights lawyer and executive director of the Arab Reform InitiativeHe really was a great man. I know he looked so big, but he was really a gentle man. And he was so, so funny,
Najjar said of her husband, Ghassan
The Guardian’s story of what happened in southern Lebanon matches with the pattern of killings and attacks by Israeli forces on journalists in Gaza. Targeted killings, the excuse that the attacks were aimed against armed groups without providing any evidence to support the claim, the failure to conduct thorough investigations, all seem to be part of a deliberate strategy by the Israeli military to silence critical reporting on the war and obstruct the documentation of possible international war crimes.”
Khan saidGhassan was not a member of Hezbollah, he was a member of the press. He never had a gun, not even for hunting. His weapon was his camera,
Sana Najjar, Ghassan Najjar’s wife, said in an interview with the GuardianI still don’t believe that Ghassan died. I’m still waiting for the door to open and for him to enter. He promised me that someday we would grow old and we would go live in the south together – but now he stayed there and I will stay here, in Beirut, forever,
she saidIt was a very horrible explosion. All the windows and glasses were over me, my wife and my children. My home now is a battlefield,
Ali Nassar, 55-year-old, said ... he lived in a nearby building
The IDF regrets the incident and clarifies that it is fighting in a targeted manner against the Hezbollah terror organization, and not against the Lebanese Army."
The IDF quickly apologized for that incident, sayingWe are close to deal,
Michael Herzog told Israel’s Army Radio on Monday
As I warned before in Gaza, I warn now as well: Mr. Prime Minister, it is not too late to stop this agreement!”
he added
For 53 days, the one thing that kept me going is that we, the people of Israel, the Jewish people, sanctify life - we don't leave anyone behind,
she said
We must pressure the Israeli government and maintain the pressure on Hezbollah to accept the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire,
he said in Beirut after meeting Lebanese officials