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The Israeli military has launched what it calls a “limited, localized” operation in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah on Tuesday.
The Israeli Defense Forces are carrying out “targeted ground raids” in villages close to the Israeli border, targets which is said pose an “immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel.”
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since October 8 last year.
Israeli soldiers sleep on tanks in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
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UN Statement
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell has released a statement on the situation in Lebanon.
She said “I am deeply concerned by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Lebanon. Over the last week, at least 80 children have reportedly been killed in attacks, while hundreds more have been injured. According to Government reports, the number of people internally displaced by the violence has spiked to more than 1 million – including over 300,000 children.”
“Thousands of children and families are now living in the streets or in shelters; many having fled their homes without essential supplies and belongings. Humanitarian conditions are growing worse by the hour…. UNICEF continues to call for an urgent cessation of hostilities.”
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