Israel celebrates the Judaic festival "Yom Kippur" on the 11th. The international community continues to condemn Israel's attack on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in violation of international law and urges Israel to immediately cease its attacks on the peacekeeping force. The Central American country of Nicaragua announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Israel in solidarity with Palestine.
"Repentance", but without stopping the fire
△ Tel Aviv, Israel
Yom Kippur begins at sunset on the 11th and lasts until sunset on the 12th. On this day, the whole of Israel will "stop" and all flights, trains, buses will stop operating; Schools and restaurants are closed, and private cars are prohibited from the streets; Television and radio stations have stopped broadcasting...... On this day, Jews fast, pray, and repent. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin · Netanyahu posted a photo of him "confessing" in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on social media.
However, servicemen on combat missions do not need to fast. The fighting continued on this day.
Reuters reported that late on the night of the 11th, at least 20 people were killed in Israeli operations and dozens more were injured in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip; At least 61 people died across the Gaza Strip on the same day.
From 10 to 11 July, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) repeatedly attacked UNIFIL stationed in the border areas of Naqoura and Rabna in southern Lebanon, resulting in the injury of four peacekeepers and damage to UNIFIL vehicles, communications systems and other facilities. UN Secretary-General António ·Guterres said on the 11th that the firing on UNIFIL was "intolerable" and a violation of international humanitarian law. UNIFIL views the Israeli military conduct as a "serious development" and urges that the safety and security of United Nations personnel and property be guaranteed.
United States President Joseph · Biden said that the United States asked the Israeli army not to attack UNIFIL; Russia expressed "indignation" at the Israeli military actions and urged the Israeli side to stop "hostile actions" against peacekeepers; The United Kingdom government was "shocked" by reports of injuries to UNIFIL personnel; The leaders of France, Italy and Spain issued a joint statement on the same day condemning the Israel attack on UNIFIL and expressing "indignation" at the injuries to peacekeepers.
France President Emmanuel · Macron summoned Israel's ambassador to France and said peacekeepers had been "deliberately attacked." Foreign media noted that Macron also reiterated that the supply of weapons to Israel for use in the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese-Israeli conflict should be stopped. Since the outbreak of the current round of conflict, United States has continued to provide political support and military assistance to Israel, and at the end of last month, it also added more than $8 billion in military aid to Israel, saying that it would continue to help Israel "self-defense" and that military aid would not stop.
The Israeli army admitted that two peacekeepers were injured in the firing on the 11th, but defended that it was in response to the emergence of an "imminent" threat to the Israeli army near a UNIFIL outpost. Sean · Clancy, chief of staff of the Ireland Defence Forces, questioned this claim, arguing that from a military point of view, the Israeli army's actions were "not accidental."
UNIFIL has more than 10,000 troops. According to media reports, two peacekeepers of the Sri Lankan battalion of the unit were wounded at UNIFIL's main base in Naqoura on the 11th. The day before, Israeli forces attacked three UNIFIL camps in southern Lebanon, injuring two Indonesian peacekeepers.
Forceful, still restless
Also on the 11th, Israel was "blackmailed" by Nicaragua. Citing a speech by Vice President Rosario · Murillo, Nigerian TV 4 reported that Nicaragua President Daniel ·Ortega has instructed the Nigerian Foreign Ministry to sever diplomatic relations with Israel in accordance with a resolution passed by the country's National Assembly earlier in the day.
According to the announcement of the Nigerian government, the Nigerian National Assembly passed a resolution on the 11th, condemning the Israel government's "continued acts of genocide, brutality and extreme hatred" and reiterating the demand that Israel abide by various UN resolutions and promote the establishment of a "free, sovereign, independent and self-determined" Palestinian state.
Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Japan on October 7 last year, many countries have successively announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Israel. According to Israel media reports, in May 2024, Colombia severed diplomatic relations with Israel. On October 31, 2023, Bolivia announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Israel, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors to Israel on the same day. In November of the same year, Bahrain announced the recall of its ambassador to Israel and the termination of economic relations with Israel.
Israel has not yet responded to Nicaragua's announcement of the severance of diplomatic relations.
International public opinion has pointed out that the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has entered its second year, resulting in the death of more than 42,000 Palestinians so far, most of them civilians. In defiance of the international community's call for a ceasefire and an end to hostilities, Israel has continued its military operations in the Gaza Strip, assassinating the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Iran, launching a ground offensive against Lebanon, and Syria air strikes...... Tensions in the region are escalating. As Israel expands its front, its own insecurity also rises.
Before the start of the Yom Kippur fast, the Israel Defence Forces announced the deployment of additional combat units to carry out "defensive missions" in order to ensure the security of Jewish settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan River and the Israel border, which violate international law. According to The Israel Times, this is the first time Israel has spent Yom Kippur in a state of war since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the fourth Middle East war.
Source: CCTV news client
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