Israel plans to occupy parts of the south of the Lebanon once you finish the guerra against him islamist group pro-Iranian Hezbollah, announced this Tuesday minister of Defense Israeli, Israel Katz.
“At the end of this operation, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will be established in a security zone within Lebanonin a defensive line against the anti-tank missilesand they will maintain security control of the entire area up to the Litani”, the river that flows about 30 km north of the border between both countries, Katz said in a video released by his office.
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“The return to the south of the Litani of more than 600 thousand inhabitants from the south of Lebanon what were evacuated towards the north will be completely prevented as long as the security and the protection of the inhabitants of the north (of Israel),” he added.
“All the houses of the pueblos (Lebanese) adjacent to the frontera (con Israel) will be demolished following the model of Rafah and Beit Hanun in Gazain order to eliminate once and for all the threats along the border that weigh on the inhabitants of the north,” Katz added, referring to two cities in the Gaza Strip devastated by military operations.
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The minister of Defense of Lebanon, Major General Michel Menassa, affirmed that Katz’s statements “are no longer mere threats,” but reflect “a clear intention to impose a new occupation of the lebanese territory.
He also denounces that it is an attempt to displace through the force a hundreds of miles of citizens y destroy systematically towns and cities in the south.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, denounced that the deployment of Israeli troops in Lebanon constitutes a “illegal invasion“that violates the “integrity and sovereignty” of its territory.
War in the Middle East
Lebanon has been dragged into guerra in Middle East after Hezbollah attacked Israel in reprisal for the death of then Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the offensive military joint of USA e Israel contra Iran.
Since then, the israeli attacks to Lebanon they have killed to more than 1,200 peopleaccording to the latest balance of the Ministry of Health.
The Israeli army claims to have eliminated “850 terrorists” in Lebanon.
Katz multiplies bellicose statements against Lebanon and the Lebanese.
The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Sunday that it had expressed its “deep concern about (the statements made recently by officials Israelis) that undermine respect for right humanitarian international”.
He expressly reproaches statements of March 16, in which Gaza Stripwith preventing the return of the Gaza Stripthat they had Gaza Stripof the region south of the Litani.
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