Lebanese President calls for smooth formation of new government
Aoun made these remarks during his meeting with a delegation from the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, according to a statement released by the Lebanese presidency.
Aoun made these remarks during his meeting with a delegation from the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, according to a statement released by the Lebanese presidency.
Lebanon's parliament elected Army Chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday, bringing an end to a prolonged political deadlock and presidential vacancy, CNN reported.
Israeli forces continued their strikes on Jabalia in Northern Gaza, killing 15 people and injuring 20 others on Wednesday (local time), France 24 reported.
Three people were killed and a fourth was injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to a source from the Lebanese Red Cross.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, that took effect on Wednesday morning, marks a significant turning point in a region long tormented by cycles of violence.
Six people were killed and eight others injured on Monday in an Israeli drone attack on a house in eastern Lebanon's city of Baalbek, according to official Lebanese sources.
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict on October 8, 2023, has reached 2,412, and the number of wounded individuals has increased to 11,285, according to a report by the Lebanese Council of Ministers.
''Inviolability of UN premises must be respected by all, and appropriate measures taken to ensure the safety of UN peacekeepers and the sanctity of their mandate,'' the Ministry of External Affairs said.
The escalation of violence and destruction along the Lebanon-Israel border will neither solve the core issues nor bring security to any relevant parties in the long run, United Nations officials said on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the country's forces have successfully targeted and eliminated potential successors to the recently deceased Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
