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As the situation on the ground continues to evolve, we have decided to gather some information here that will allow us to get an overview of the larger context through maps, fact sheets and insights.
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah breaks his silence on the war between Hamas and Israel. “All the victims of Gaza are martyrs, they are moving to another world proclaimed by the prophets, now they are where there are no dictatorships and no Zionists. No war is more unjust than this,” he said at an event commemorating the fighters killed in Israeli bombings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah’s stronghold. Nasrallah assured support for Gaza: “We are ready to make sacrifices, we are ready to give everything.” Thousands of people on the streets listened to him. The victims in Gaza “need to be talked about around the world,” he added. because Israel “violates human rights” in the war. Since October 7 last year, the date of the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the conflict, there has also been fighting on the Lebanese side, on the border with Israel. Right here I am More than 70 people were killed: 50 of them were Hezbollah fighters, according to data published by AFP. A Portal journalist was also killed (ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, LIVE UPDATES).
The attacks between Israel and Lebanon
Cross-border clashes between Lebanon and Israel intensified on November 2 when the Israeli army responded to Hezbollah attacks on 19 Israeli positions with a “major assault.” The Lebanese part of Hamas’s armed wing claimed the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona near the border for rocket attacks.
Thousands of people followed the speech
“Thousands” of people also watched Nasrallah’s speech from Baghdad and other Shiite-majority cities in the central-southern regions. This was reported by al Manar TV’s Baghdad correspondent, who belongs to the same Lebanese Shiite movement.
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Tajani: “We hope that words of peace and not war arrive”
From our Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani comes “an appeal to the highest Hezbollah authorities to send messages of peace in favor of de-escalation.” It calls for “authorities not to add fuel to the fire” and for “the conflict to be prevented from spreading to neighboring countries, starting with Lebanon.” In short: “We hope that words of peace and not war will come,” Tajani said.
