Beijing will provide emergency medical supplies to Lebanon, China’s official foreign aid agency said on Tuesday, as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah exacerbates the humanitarian crisis.
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Li Ming, spokesperson for the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said in a statement the aid would help Lebanon carry out medical assistance and was at the request of the country’s government.
The statement said explosions and air strikes had “occurred in many places in Lebanon, causing a large number of casualties” as the fighting escalated recently.
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Iran launches missile attack on Israel, Netanyahu vows retribution
Iran launches missile attack on Israel, Netanyahu vows retribution
A year after the Hamas attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, the Israel-Hamas conflict has expanded to several countries in the Middle East.
Hezbollah has been launching air strikes against Israel since October last year to show solidarity with Hamas. The exchange of strikes between the two sides has ratcheted up more recently.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the logistics commander of Hezbollah’s Beirut Headquarters. Hezbollah has yet to comment, but if his death is verified it would add to the series of targeted killings by Israel of top figures from Hezbollah and Hamas.
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The Israel Defence Forces said Husseini had played “a crucial role in weapon transfers between Iran and Hezbollah and was responsible for distributing the advanced weaponry among Hezbollah’s units” in a “precise, intelligence-based strike” in a part of Beirut.