Beirut was hit by intense Israeli strikes, while an international conference was being held this Thursday in Paris to help Lebanon. France, which has promised 100 million euros, hopes to raise 400 million dollars.
A night marked by around ten violent explosions. Israeli strikes caused the collapse of six buildings in the Lebanese capital on Wednesday evening. These raids also one dead in Dahiyehin the south of Beirut.
According to the Lebanese army, three soldiers were also killed in the south of the country.
After almost a month of almost daily bombings which caused more than 1500 deadthe country today has more than a million displacedwhose humanitarian needs are immense.
This Thursday, in Paris, a international aid conference in Lebanon. France, which promised to give 100 million euros, hopes to collect in total 400 million dollars to deal with the damage caused by Israeli bombings, but also to the years of political, social and economic crisis that Lebanon is experiencing, where the poverty rate affects 44% of the population.
This event also aims to open discussions for a ceasefire. But neither Israel nor Iran sent a delegation there. The head of American diplomacy, for his part, sent a representative.
On tour in the Middle East, Antony Blinken hopes to convince Israel to accept a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Faced with the bombings in the Palestinian enclave, the WHO announced the postponement of its vaccination campaign ongoing against polio. Its goal was to reach nearly 600,000 children under the age of 10 throughout the country.
While this war seems hopeless, on Monday, in southern Israel, a conference brought together several ministers, including the controversial Ben Gvir And Smotrich.
Some politicians once again affirmed their desire to push Palestinians to leave their territory.