Arab League Strongly Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023. (Reuters)
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023. (Reuters)
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Arab League Strongly Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023. (Reuters)
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2023. (Reuters)

The Arab League strongly condemned on Tuesday the Israeli attack against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank.

It slammed the heinous killing of 14 Palestinians and injury of 20 others.

It warned that this dangerous escalation is another chapter in the open war the Israeli government is waging against the Palestinian people, their properties and sanctities as part of its open policy to destroy any chance to achieve peace.

It accused the government of seeking to stoke chaos and violence in the region.

The Arab League held the government fully responsible for the escalation and its consequences on the entire region.

It called on the international community, especially the United Nations Security Council, to intervene immediately to put a stop to the Israeli attacks, provide international protection to the Palestinian people and bring the perpetrators to justice.



Two Killed in Israeli Strike North of Lebanon’s Capital

An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
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Two Killed in Israeli Strike North of Lebanon’s Capital

An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)

At least two people were killed in an Israeli strike near the Christian-majority town of Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday, in the first attack on the area by Israeli forces.

The Israeli military was looking into the report of the strike in Jounieh, a spokesperson said. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group that is fighting Israeli troops on Lebanon's southern border and whose top leadership has suffered blows from targeted Israeli strikes.

The health ministry said the Israeli strike targeted a car.

Two witnesses told Reuters they heard a small blast and saw a Honda sports utility vehicle travelling on the main highway south in the direction of Beirut begin to lose control.

The car stopped about 100 meters down the highway and a man and a woman ran out of the vehicle and into a grassy area on the side of the highway before another blast, the witnesses said.

One witness saw the charred remains of a person in the grassy area.