Resumption of hostilities in Lebanon, call to the ceasefire in Gaza, controversy around strikes on a hospital … The news of the conflict in the Middle East this Saturday, March 22-Liberation

The Israeli army promised a severe response to rocket fire on Saturday from neighboring Lebanon, the Lebanese Prime Minister warning against the risk of a « New war ». « We cannot allow fire from Lebanon to the Galileo communities »said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a statement. “The Lebanese government is responsible for fire from its territory. I ordered the army to answer accordingly « he added. After the announcement of Lebanon rocket fire to Israel, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam A « Warning against the risk that military operations will take up on the southern border, stressing that this could lead to Lebanon in a new war, with disastrous consequences »said his press office. For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu ordered the army to strike dozens of « Terrorist targets » in Lebanon. And the army then announced in a press release strikes on targets from the Lebanese Hezbollah pro-Iranian in southern Lebanon. At the start of the afternoon on Saturday, Hezbollah denied being behind these rockets against Israel. According to the Lebanese National Information Agency Ani, citing the Ministry of Health, two people including a child were killed and eight injured in one of the strikes « From the enemy » in the locality of Touline. A cease-fire agreement had ended on November 27 to two months of open war between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah.

« We ask all the parties to resume negotiations so that the ceasefire is applied in its entirety and becomes permanent ». France, Germany and the United Kingdom asked a « Immediate return to a ceasefire » In the Gaza Strip, saying « Revolts » by the record among civilians since Israel broke up the truce. In a joint press release, the heads of diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot, Annalena Baerbock and David Lammy, denounced « A dramatic decline for the population of Gaza, the hostages, their families and the whole region ». Ministers also wrote that “Hamas must no longer govern Gaza or constitute a threat to Israel. However, this conflict cannot be resolved by military means ”. They asked for « To all those who have an influence on Hamas to use this influence so that there are no more attacks against Israel » and exhorted Israel « To fully respect international law and immediately authorize the delivery of aid ».

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sentenced « Firmly the destruction by Israel of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital »denouncing a « Deliberate targeting » of the establishment by the Israeli army. The Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas for Gaza condemned as a « Odious crime » THE « bombardment » of « The only hospital dedicated to the treatment of cancer patients in the Gaza Strip ». The Israeli army recognizes the shots on « A terrorist infrastructure of Hamas having previously served as a hospital in the center of the Gaza Strip »but she assures « That the structure that has been struck has not been used effectively as a hospital for more than a year ».