Lebanon PM urges global action to stop Israel's 'genocidal war'

AFP , Friday 27 Sep 2024

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the international community to "stop" Israel from waging a "genocidal war" against Lebanon, following a huge Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2024. AFP

 

"This new Israeli aggression proves that the Israeli enemy doesn't care about all the international efforts and calls for a ceasefire," Mikati, who is in New York, said in a statement issued by his office, urging the international community to stop the "genocidal war that it (Israel) is waging on Lebanon".

Lebanon's health ministry said in a preliminary toll that two people have been killed and 76 wounded in the Israeli strike on south Beirut.

"The successive Israeli enemy strikes on Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs, in a preliminary toll, killed two people and wounded 76, including... 15 that required hospitalisation," a ministry statement said.

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