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Added on the 02/11/2023 10:56:24 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a "de-escalation" of a recent surge in violence between Israel and armed group Hezbollah. The unanimously adopted resolution says the council "decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31st August 2025," referring to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne arrives in Tel Aviv, to promote a truce between Israel and Hamas and try to avoid an escalation with Lebanon. IMAGES
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv during his second visit to Israel since the start of its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the October 7 attacks. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34GA4G6_EN
Images show aircrafts at Beirut airport as Middle East tensions skyrocket following the killings last week of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb and of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Tehran attributed to Israel. IMAGES
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant visits Majdal Shams after a rocket fired from Lebanon killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Israel's military says Hezbollah fired the rocket from Lebanon, hitting a football pitch in the Arab town of Majdal Shams and killing the youngsters, who were between 10 and 20 years old. IMAGES
"Putting the leaders of a democratic government on the same level as terrorists who have murdered is a comparison that I find outrageous and offensive," says Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, following a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Paris. IMAGES