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Continued Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Amid Rising Casualties
Israel continues its targeting of Lebanese areas, reaching the heart of the capital, Beirut.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Al-Abyad stated today, Thursday, that a total of 1,974 people have been killed, including 127 children, since the onset of Israeli bombardment on Lebanon over the past year.
For its part, the Lebanese army announced today that one of its soldiers was killed due to Israeli attacks on a military site in southern Lebanon, adding that its troops returned fire to the source of the gunfire.
Additionally, Israeli warplanes renewed their airstrikes today on the southern suburbs, having targeted the area with 17 airstrikes last night, and proceeded with three additional strikes today. The Israeli army did not issue any prior evacuation warnings as it had done previously.
According to reports, the strikes targeted Hezbollah's media office and also struck a house in the town of Ma'ysara in the Keserwan district.
In the south, the airstrikes continued, with Israeli warplanes conducting a strike targeting the town of Kfartabniet in the Nabatieh district. In the same district, a warplane hit a house in the town of Arnoun, resulting in the deaths of three individuals and injuring others.
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Amid growing anxiety among several European countries participating in NATO over Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated he looks forward to sitting down with Trump.
Upon arriving to participate in the summit of the European Political Community, which includes around forty heads of state in Budapest, he said, "I look forward to sitting with the elected U.S. president and seeing how we will collectively ensure we meet challenges, including the threats from Russia and North Korea." He also noted that the strengthening of ties between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to the United States as well, according to reports from Agence France-Presse.
Before Trump's victory, Rutte expressed confidence that a united Washington would remain part of the defensive alliance, even if Trump became the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF last Monday night, he stated that both Republicans and Democrats understand that NATO serves not only the security of Europe but also that of America. He added that both candidates are aware that the security of the United States is closely tied to NATO.
On Wednesday, NATO congratulated Trump on his victory but did not address the Ukrainian issue.
It is noteworthy that the relationship between the elected U.S. president and the defense alliance was not the best during his first term in the White House. Trump criticized NATO member states multiple times and even hinted at withdrawing from the alliance unless they increased their financial contributions.
Additionally, the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war is one of the matters that complicate relations between the two sides, especially since Trump has repeatedly stated that he can end this ongoing conflict, which began in 2022, quickly. He implied that he had a peace plan between Kyiv and Moscow, while his vice president, JD Vance, revealed aspects of that plan, which stipulated Ukraine's commitment not to join NATO, thereby sending reassuring signals to the Russians.
Furthermore, many NATO member states in Europe fear that Trump might halt military aid to Ukraine after he previously criticized the U.S. for pouring funds into supporting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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