Fears of a regional conflagration are growing in the Middle East. According to Lebanese authorities, “Four people were killed in an Israeli strike on a house,” in the village of Mayfadoun in the south of the country, the Health Ministry announced. Quoted by AFP, a security source specified that he was a fighter from Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese formation allied with Iran and the Palestinian Hamas. This information has not been officially confirmed at this stage, however. After ten months of war and the death of more than 100 civilians in southern Lebanon, the population fears a conflagration. Follow our live stream.
Two Israeli raids leave six dead in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, six people were killed on Tuesday, August 6, in two separate Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank: four people in the city of Tubas and two others in Jenin. For its part, The Israeli army announced that it had struck “armed terrorist cells” in the Jenin region.
China advises these nationals not to go to Lebanon. “Given the current special circumstances”, Chinese nationals traveling to Lebanon “could face higher security risks and assistance [de l’ambassade] could be affected by it”the Chinese representation in Beirut said. Chinese citizens are expected to be “very vigilant, strengthen their security measures and be prepared for emergency situations”, the embassy added in a statement, using a more moderate tone than other countries, such as France, Sweden or the United States.
The United States says it is working to avoid escalation of the conflict. US President Joe Biden held an emergency meeting at the White House on Monday regarding THE “threats to Israel and US troops in the region posed by Iran and its affiliated groups”detailed the presidency, referring to the Palestinian Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah. At the end of this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the press that the United States was “involved in intense diplomacy day and night with a very simple message: all protagonists must avoid escalation.”It is therefore crucial that we break this cycle by achieving a ceasefire in Gaza.”he pleaded.