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Lebanon Takes Israel to UNSC

CrossFireArabia
November 19, 2024

Lebanon on Monday announced plans to file a complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council over Tel Aviv’s repeated attacks on the country’s armed forces in its southern region.

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had instructed its permanent mission to the UN in New York to submit a formal complaint to the council condemning Israel’s continuing assaults on the Lebanese military.

Two soldiers died and three others were injured, including one in critical condition, following an Israeli strike on a military outpost in the town of Mari in the Hasbaiyya district, southern Lebanon, the statement noted.

With this latest incident, the total number of Lebanese army soldiers killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023, rose to 36.

The ministry emphasized that the attacks undermine international efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel and the creation of an arms-free zone between the Blue Line (the boundary separating Lebanon and Israel) and the Litani River in southern Lebanon.

The resolution allows for the presence of the Lebanese army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the area.

The ministry stressed that ensuring the safety of the Lebanese army and supporting it in carrying out its full duties is crucial to strengthening security along Lebanon’s borders.

Israel launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group in late September, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare over Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

More than 3,500 people have been killed, nearly 15,000 injured and more than 1 million displaced by Israeli attacks since last October, according to Lebanese health authorities according to Anadolu.

Tel Aviv expanded the conflict by launching a ground assault into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 this year.

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Crimes of Century

CrossFireArabia
November 13, 2024

UN Acting Humanitarian Chief, Joyce Msuya, stated that the situation in Gaza is reminiscent of the worst international crimes since the League of Nations was established in 1919.

She reported over 10,000 Palestinian bodies under rubble, with Israel blocking rescue equipment. 70% of Gaza’s buildings are destroyed, aid is blocked, and hospitals and shelters have been attacked.

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Gaza Alert

CrossFireArabia
November 9, 2024

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on the world to rescue Palestinian civilians, who have been subjected to various types of atrocities by Israeli occupation forces for over a year in the Gaza Strip.

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Forgotten Famine of Gaza

CrossFireArabia
November 4, 2024

Since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation has imposed a severe blockade, preventing the entry of humanitarian supplies and essential food, leaving more than 2.5 million Palestinians facing the threat of famine and malnutrition.

Israel reduced the daily number of humanitarian aid trucks allowed into the Gaza Strip to just 30 in October, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Monday.

“This is the lowest in a long time, bringing the assistance back to the level of the beginning of the war,” Philippe Lazzarini said on X.

Since the outbreak of hostilities on Oct. 7, Israel has maintained strict closures on Gaza’s crossings, limiting essential goods and imposing significant restrictions on humanitarian aid, creating severe living conditions.

Lazzarini emphasized that these 30 daily trucks “cannot meet the needs of over 2 million people, many of whom are starving, sick, and in desperate conditions.”

He noted that these trucks “represent only 6% of the supplies (commercial and humanitarian) allowed into Gaza before the war,” according to Anadolu.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since an attack last year by Hamas, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 43,400 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 102,200 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

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Mindless Israel Bans UNRWA in Palestine

CrossFireArabia
October 29, 2024

The WHO chief has warned that the Israeli ban against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) will have “devastating consequences” as the agency is an “irreplaceable lifeline.”

“UNRWA is an irreplaceable lifeline to the Palestinian people. And it has been for the past seven decades,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late Monday on X.

“Today’s decision by the Israeli parliament barring UNRWA from its life-saving and health-protecting work on behalf of millions of Palestinians will have devastating consequences. This is intolerable,” Tedros said according to Anadolu.

He stressed that it contravenes Israel’s obligations and responsibilities, and threatens the lives and health of all those who depend on UNRWA.

"This is intolerable. It contravenes Israel’s obligations and responsibilities, and threatens the lives and health of all those who depend on UNRWA." pic.twitter.com/cty7iriYxw
— Aamir Sohail Wattoo (@pkaamirwattoo) October 29, 2024

Despite objections from around the world, Israeli lawmakers passed on Monday the bill 92-10, banning UNRWA from working in Israel and occupied territories.

Israel has accused UNRWA employees of complicity in the Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border incursion by Hamas. UNRWA, however, denies the accusations.

Since then, Israel has killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza and created famine-like conditions across the blockaded territory.

Israel must “urgently reverse” its decision to block the entry of UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza, where humanitarian needs are most urgent, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 24, 2024

The law, to take effect within three months, would end contact between UNRWA and Israeli officials, preventing the agency from providing life-saving support to Palestinians across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

The agency was established by the General Assembly in December 1949 to carry out relief and works programs for Palestine refugees. It began its operations on May 1, 1950.