The Israeli enemy on Thursday targeted the vicinity of Mount Labouneh with heavy machine gun fire. The areas affected by the Israeli aggression include Mount Labouneh and Al-Alam.
Yesterday evening, the Israeli enemy fired a number of heavy artillery shells on the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura, Mount Labouneh, Alama Al-Shaab, Tyre Harfa, and Dhaira, causing severe damage to crops, olive and pine trees, and water networks.
Flares were launched by the enemy into the sky over the western and central sectors, reaching the outskirts of the city of Tyre.
A raid on the southern Lebanese town of Beit Lif last night resulted in the destruction of a house and the martyrdom of Mohammad Naif Hamoud, later mourned by the Islamic Resistance, at the age of thirty.
The issue of displacement towards safe areas in Lebanon, especially in the Tyre region, weighs heavily on the Tyre Union of Municipalities and municipalities in the Tyre district, as other Lebanese districts have not yet designated reception centers for t
he displaced, except for one center in the Ghazieh area.
It is worth mentioning that the fire that broke out at night in one of the apartments in the industrial city of Tyre was not caused by enemy bombardment, but was a local fire resulting from an electrical fault. Civil defense teams worked to extinguish it and rescued four trapped individuals inside.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the necessity of launching a serious peace process with a specific timeframe aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state on the basis of the two-state solution, with a view to achieving coexistence and stability in the region.
During a phone call the Egyptian foreign minister received Thursday 1/2/2024 from UK Labor MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy, the two sides discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid.
The phone contact is part of the UK’s shadow foreign minister’s keenness on getting acquainted with Shoukry’s views regarding the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, along with Egypt’s drives at the political and diplomatic levels to implement the truce and achieve ceasefire, in addition to guaranteeing unimpeded flow of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip, the spokesman said.
Talks also dwelt upon incr
easing tension in the region against the backdrop of the continued war in the Gaza Strip and its implicated risks on regional and future stability, he added.
For his part, Shoukry voiced Egypt’s deep concern over military operations taking place at the southern entrance to the Red Sea and their impact on international shipping traffic, warning of the dire consequences resulting from expanding the conflict in the region, according to the spokesman.
The two sides also stressed the importance of finding appropriate political means to work out a sustainable solution for the current crisis, he added.
Source: State Information Service Egypt