The United States warned Israel, this Wednesday 9th, against a military offensive in the Lebanon similar to that conducted in Gaza Stripthe State Department reported, expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory after a year of war.
“I am making it very clear that there must not be any type of military action in Lebanon that resembles anything in Gaza. even if it leaves a result similar to that of Gaza“, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters in response to statements of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthe day before.
“I say to you, people of Lebanon: free your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end,” said the Israeli prime minister in a video addressed to the people of Lebanon.
“You have the opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like what we see in Gaza,” he added.
O Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes against Israeli troops a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering the war in Gaza. Clashes escalated quickly this month.
Israeli bombings in southern and eastern Lebanon and the southern outskirts of Beirut, strongholds of the Hezbollah movement, left more than 1,100 dead in the last fortnight and forced more than a million people to flee their homes, according to authorities.
The State Department spokesperson also stated that Washington is “terribly concerned” about the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, as Israel carries out new operations in the war-torn area, and stated that this “has been the subject of some very urgent discussions between our two governments.”
