There is a superior force that makes us gravitate to the earth that has seen us born, which has seen us grow. After months away from home, dozens of libanese They have tamed a lot of it and have decided return homecost what it costs. At the moment, it has cost 22 lives crossed by Israeli bullets. With hours in the final accountant until the expiration of Alto El Fuego, which the Hebrew authorities wanted to lengthen 30 more dayshundreds of people have tried to return to their border villages in the South of Lebanon. Arriving on foot, car or motorcycle, they have met Israeli military vehicles that prevented access to their peoples. That has not prevented them from trying more strongly.
At the end of November, after two months of Brutal War against Lebanonwhich devastated almost 4,000 lives, Israel y Hizbulá They reached an agreement of cease-fire. The Israeli troops had 60 days to withdraw from the border villages they had been occupying from the land invasion initiated on October 1. While foreign soldiers collected, the Lebanese army It would take positions to prevent them from being occupied by Hizbulá’s militiamen. That 60 -day period expires this Sunday, without the conditions have been met. On Friday Israel He already expressed his intention to extend his presence there for 30 more days.
But the Lebanese people, who carry almost 16 months displaced from their housesthey have not accepted it and have decided that tonight they will sleep in what is left of their homes. Israeli forces continue to occupy at least nine villages On the border. Before the attempt to advance dozens of citizens, challenging the prohibitions of the foreign army, the soldiers have opened Fire against the civilian populationkilling 22 personas and hurting 124. Among the dead there were six women and a Labanese army soldier, according to the Ministry of Health in a statement. The injured have been distributed in almost 20 villages in the border area. In many of them, Lebanese soldiers have accompanied their citizens in their attempt to return home.
Civilian population
“The sovereignty and the Territorial integrity of Lebanon are not negotiable, ”said the president Joseph Aoun in a statement addressed to the southern town this Sunday. “I am monitoring this issue at the highest level to guarantee their rights and dignity,” said the newly elected president, who has not been in office for a month. He Israeli army, For his part, he has blamed Hizbulá to incite this Sunday’s protests. His troops performed Warning shots To “eliminate threats in several areas where suspects were identified approaching,” he says in a statement. The majority of those who have concentrated at the gates of their villages were civilians, although some carried flags of Hizbuláshowing your support for the group.
During these 60 days, the Lebanese army has been able to access some of these border villages. The National News Agency of Lebanon reports that after the residents entered the city of Aita al shab To inspect their homes after the deployment of Lebanese troops, it was clearly observed that the degree of destruction exceeded 98%. Under the rubble, at least 24 bodies have been found. Much of the western and central regions throughout the 120 kilometers of border They are again in the hands of the State. But, in many other villages, these troops have not been able to fulfill their part of the high fire agreement, since Israeli soldiers had not retired, committing another violation of the pact.
“Risk of undermining security”
The president of Parliament, Nabih newwho, as an ally of Hizbulá, had a central role during the negotiations of Alto El Fuego, has declared that Sunday’s bloodshed “is a Clear and urgent called for the international community to act immediately and force Israel to withdraw from Libanese territories occupied” “Greater violence runs the risk of undermining the fragile security situation in the area and the stability perspectives inaugurated by the cessation of hostilities and the formation of a government in Lebanon,” said the United Nations Provisional Force in Lebanon (FPNUL).
The UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaertand the head of the FPNUL, the Lieutenant General AROLDO LAZAROThey have launched a joint statement. “The fact is that the deadlines scheduled in the November agreement have not been fulfilled; As tragically saw this morning, the conditions for the safe return from citizens to its peoples along the blue line ”, the unofficial border between Israel and Lebanon, says the text. The Israeli army has not specified how long USAat the head of the truce monitoring committee, he said that a short and temporary extension of the withdrawal period is necessary.
