– I can say that we are almost in a full-scale war, says Borrell. According to Lebanese health authorities, around 500 people were killed and over 1,600 injured in the Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Monday. It is not known how many of the victims were civilians, but at least 35 of those killed must have been children. Lebanese children flee the fighting with their families. They are on their way from a village in southern Lebanon to a shelter at a school further north. Photo: MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP Monday is referred to as the deadliest day since 2006. Then around twice as many people were killed in a war between Israel and Hezbollah that lasted 34 days. – If this is not a war situation, I don’t know what to call it, says Borrell. EU foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell. Photo: Reuters/ NTB The UN’s peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, Unifil, is causing unrest for civilians in the area, reports Reuters. On Monday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) asked civilians in Lebanon to evacuate. Thousands of families have fled their homes. At vegan, there were almost endless queues of cars. The governing authorities have announced that they will close several schools in Beirut and southern Lebanon to use them as shelters. 1,600 Hezbollah targets The IDF claims they hit 1,600 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Monday. They further say that Hezbollah is responsible for Israel launching Operation “Northern Arrows” and attacking targets in Lebanon. – Hezbollah is responsible for the situation that has arisen. Hezbollah’s plan is to make southern Lebanon an arena for its attacks on Israel, says IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari. The IDF claims that Hezbollah stores weapons in the homes of civilians and uses them to protect local communities in Israel. Requests an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council The French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, requests an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the attack in Lebanon. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap), who attended the UN General Assembly in New York this week, says that they are alarmed by the events in Lebanon. – This is exactly what we feared would happen. Now there are many who are asking the parties to calm down, Eide told news on Monday evening. People are fleeing their homes in southern Lebanon. Heavy traffic in a street in the Lebanese city of Sidon on September 23, 2024. Photo: Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP/NTB Guterres worried UN Secretary-General António Guterres says he is very worried about the situation in the border area between Israel and Lebanon. – The Secretary-General is horrified by the escalating situation, and the large number of civilian victims, including women and children. The same applies to the situation of thousands of displaced people in the most intense Israeli bomb attacks since October last year, says a spokesperson for Guterres. Podcast from news’s foreign editors: Published 24.09.2024, at 06.48 Updated 24.09.2024, at 06.58
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