Simultaneous detonations. Three people died in beeper explosions in Lebanon, Hezbollah announced on Tuesday, September 17. “Hundreds of people were injured” in these explosions that occurred “in different regions of Lebanon”Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad also said. Among the injured was Iran’s ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, Iranian state television reported. The National News Agency (NNA) reported a “unprecedented security incident that occurred in the southern suburbs of Beirut as well as in many Lebanese regions”attributing it to “the enemy” Israeli. Follow our live.
Mediation efforts “are continuing,” Qatar says. “The communication channels remain open”assured, Tuesday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said. The Gulf country, which is acting as a mediator alongside the United States and Egypt, has been trying for months to secure a ceasefire agreement, coupled with the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Three Hezbollah members killed in airstrike, Israeli military says The Lebanese Ministry of Health said three people were killed and two injured by a “Israeli enemy strike”in the town of Blida, without specifying whether they were civilians or combatants.
Debate on Israeli occupation at the UN. United Nations member states are starting Tuesday debating a Palestinian draft resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine within “twelve months”a text whose probable adoption is already provoking the anger of Israel.