Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell urges an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict during a visit to Lebanon. Hezbollah claims attacks deep into Israel, while Israel reports heavy projectile fire from the militant group.
BEIRUT: Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel - Hezbollah war while on a visit to Lebanon on Sunday (Nov 24), as the militant group claimed attacks deep into Israel . The Israel i military said Iran-backed Hezbollah fired around 160 projectiles into Israel during the day. Some of them were intercepted but others caused damage to houses in central Israel , according to AFP images.
A day after the health ministry said Israeli strikes on Beirut and across Lebanon killed 84 people, state media reported two strikes on Sunday on the capital's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold., nearly a year after the group began launching strikes in solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas following that group's October 7 attack on Israel.On the Israeli side, authorities say at least 82 soldiers and 47 civilians have been killed. Earlier this week, US special envoy Amos Hochstein said in Lebanon that a truce deal was'within our grasp', and then headed to Israel for talks with officials there. 'We see only one possible way ahead: an immediate ceasefire and the full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701,' Borrell said., which ended the last Hezbollah-Israel war of 2006, Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers should be the only armed forces present in the southern border area. The resolution also called for Israel to withdraw troops from Lebanon, and reiterated earlier calls for'disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon'.The Lebanese army maintains a presence across the country's territory, but it is Hezbollah - one of the world's best-armed non-state forces - that holds sway in key areas along the border with Israel. While the Lebanese army is not engaged in the Israel-Hezbollah war, it has suffered multiple fatalities, the latest coming on Sunday.Also on Sunday, Hezbollah said it launched attacks using missiles and drones directed at a naval base in southern Israel and military sites in the central Tel Aviv are
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