UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting as Israel pushes deeper into Lebanon
The session will focus on de-escalation and humanitarian concerns as more than 3,300 people have been killed since fighting resumed, Lebanon said.
- Israel launched airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, and expanded ground operations deeper into Lebanon, including capturing Beaufort castle and issuing evacuation orders for towns in southern Lebanon.
- The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting at France's request due to Israel's military escalation in Lebanon, while the EU called for a halt to the violence.
- Since March 2, Lebanese officials report over 3,412 deaths from Israeli attacks, while Hezbollah has responded with rocket and missile attacks inside Israel; both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
- Israel aims to establish a security zone free of weapons and militants in southern Lebanon, with strategic positions targeted including Beaufort castle.
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In New York, the UN Security Council deals with the war between the Lebanese Islamist militia Hezbollah and Israel. The special session had been requested by France. Paris responded to the recent advance of the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. Federal Foreign Minister Wadephul called on Israel and Hezbollah to hold back.
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Israel said Monday it would once again target Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold mostly spared heavy attacks since April, as it stages its deepest incursion into Lebanon in two decades.The UN Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting later Monday on Israel's expansion of its operations in Lebanon, and the European Union called on Israel to "stop its military escalation".Iran, in stalled negotiations on an end to it…
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