Beirut suburbs experience their “most violent” night with 30 bombings

Beirut/Jerusalem, October 7 (EFE).- On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack, Israel again bombed Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, where dozens of deaths occurred in the last 24 hours. against Israeli territory.

On this day, demonstrations have taken place around the world to end Israeli attacks and to honor the memory of those killed by the Palestinian Islamic group.

The bombardment of Lebanon continues, with at least 23 people killed and another 93 injured in Israeli attacks throughout Saturday, according to the Public Health Ministry’s report this Sunday.

More than one million people have left their homes

The government department said in a statement that the victims were registered in the southern provinces of South Lebanon and Nabatieh; Eastern Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel; As well as at the Mount Lebanon plant adjacent to Beirut.

Israel also bombed the north of the country, killing four people, for the first time since launching an intensive bombing campaign nearly two weeks earlier, which forced about 1.2 million people to flee their homes and devastated entire cities. Gave.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Beirut to demand more funding to deal with the “huge” crisis of people displaced by a campaign of Israeli attacks, warning that this was “just the beginning.”

Additionally, he condemned in Beirut that there have been numerous “violations” of international humanitarian law during the Israeli bombing campaign against Lebanon and called for protection for workers in the region.

“We need movement to protect humanitarian workers, the Red Cross, the United Nations, NGOs. We need to respect civilian infrastructure and the civilian population,” the official asked at a news conference in Beirut, two weeks after Israel intensified attacks against Lebanon.

“Unfortunately, the manner in which the bombings have been carried out has destroyed or damaged civilian infrastructure, killed civilians and disrupted humanitarian operations, resulting in numerous violations of international humanitarian law,” he said. Are.”

Gaza bombing

In Gaza, the Israeli army began a new incursion this Sunday in Jabaliya, in the north of the strip, after detecting the presence of “terrorists and infrastructure in the area”, as well as efforts by Hamas to “rebuild its operational capabilities”. of. As mentioned in a statement.

It simultaneously bombed several targets in the north of the Gaza Strip, including a school, the second to be hit by Israeli aircraft since Saturday and the sixth throughout the week.

At the moment, neither Gazan emergency services nor Palestinian media have provided information on whether the attack resulted in deaths, although these centers usually shelter refugees from the war, as 90% of the strip’s population has been displaced.

At least 45 Palestinians were killed and 256 others were injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry, bringing the total number of victims to 41,870 and 97,166 injured on the eve of the war’s anniversary. Of Enclave.

Netanyahu says he is changing reality

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this Sunday in a meeting with troops deployed on the country’s northern front, close to the border with Lebanon, that Israel is “changing reality from one extreme to the other.”

“A year ago we suffered a terrible shock. Over the past 12 months, we have been changing reality from one end to the other. “The whole world laughs at the blows you strike our enemies, and I salute you and say to you: You are the generation of victory,” Netanyahu said.

The Israeli prime minister spoke by telephone on Sunday to French President Emmanuel Macron, who stressed that “the time has come for a ceasefire” in the Middle East.

“The President of the Republic has expressed to the Prime Minister (Netanyahu) his belief that the time has come for a ceasefire. The supply of arms, a prolongation of the war in Gaza and its extension to Lebanon could be counterproductive to Israeli security, the French president said in a statement.

The call came after Netanyahu responded angrily on Saturday to Macron’s call to halt arms supplies to Israel, a request that was welcomed by several Arab countries, including Jordan and Egypt.

Demonstration before October 7

Demonstrations have been repeated around the world on the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas attack. Countries like New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia staged repeated protests.

In Spain, thousands of people took to the streets for the second consecutive day in Spanish cities such as Barcelona and Valencia to call for an end to the “genocide” in Gaza, marking one year since the attack by the Islamist group Hamas. Israeli military offensive in Israel and then in Gaza.

The largest demonstration took place in Barcelona (northeast), where thousands of people demanded to stop the “genocide” in Palestine and demanded that the Spanish government break relations with Israel and not sell arms to it.

In another march in Valencia (East), organizers asked the Spanish government to “end the trade in arms and military and security technology with Israel”.

Thousands of people in Morocco also took to the streets to demand a halt to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and called for the end of their country’s diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Brussels on the eve of the anniversary of the attack by terrorist group Hamas on October 7, demanding the release of Israeli hostages.

“October 7 is an important date, on that day Israel and the whole world woke up to horrifying images that changed our lives forever,” said organizers of the Belgian collective gathered in Luxembourg Square in front of the European Parliament on October 7.

Von der Leyen calls for “restraint”

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, this Sunday called for restraint to reduce “extreme tensions” in the Middle East, while noting the rise in incidents in the EU to fight anti-Semitism. Promised to increase resources for. “To a great extent.”

“Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel have set off a cycle of violence that has brought the entire region into a state of extreme tension and instability,” von der Leyen said. Innocent Palestinians.”

A year after that “unfortunate” day, the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains “atrocious”, he said, and called for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Strip, the “unconditional” release of all hostages and an end to the conflict.

“The European Union will continue to make every effort to mobilize financial support and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, and now also to Lebanon,” the European Commission President said.

He said, “We will cooperate in support of all efforts aimed at creating the conditions for a lasting peace, for a two-state solution in which both Israel and Palestine will co-exist in peace and security.” The only viable way to end suffering forever.”