The climate of tension between them does not subside Israel And Hezbollahwhich has reached new peaks and which increasingly ends up also involving the international forces deployed in Lebanon. Today a base of the Unifil mission, which makes use of the presence of soldiers from various countries, including Italian ones, was the scene of attacks which saw the wounding of four of our soldiers.
Connection to the Unifil base
Unifil’s Shama base, located in southern Lebanon, was targeted by several rockets, which they are believed to have been launched by the Lebanese Party of God. “It should be two missiles launched by Hezbollah, it is unacceptable what is happening,” said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The assault caused the wounding of four Italian soldiers, hit by splinters of glass and stone: “There are no serious injuries, we are talking about abrasions – explained the head of the Farnesina – It seems that a lieutenant has some light wounds“.
Meloni’s anger
“I learn with deep indignation and concern is the news of the new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of Unifil in southern Lebanon, which also caused the wounding of some of our soldiers engaged in a peacekeeping mission. I would like to express my and the Government’s solidarity and closeness to the wounded, their families and sincere gratitude for the activity carried out daily by the entire Italian contingent in Lebanon”, said Giorgia Meloni. “I reiterate once again that such attacks are unacceptable and I renew my appeal for the parties on the ground to guarantee, at all times, the safety of Unifil soldiers and to collaborate to quickly identify the responsible“.
The war in Lebanon
In parallel, Israel announced the evacuation of residents in several areas of southern Lebanon and the outskirts of Beirutciting direct threats of attacks against villages and towns in the designated areas. The decision was communicated by the Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee and is indicative of Israel’s strategy to prevent the use of these areas as bases for missile launches by Hezbollah against Israeli territory.
In this regard, the Israel Defense Forces they said they destroyed around 45 Hezbollah rocket launchers following targeted airstrikes. These operations were defined as preventive measures, aimed at averting imminent and long-term threats towards Israel. According to what was reported by Times of Israelsome of these rocket launchers had already been used for previous missile attacks, while others were ready to be used in future military actions.
The arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Meanwhile, the world is wondering how to proceed after the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Netanyahu and former minister Gallant. If yesterday the minister Guido Crosetto had explained that, in the event of a trip to Italy by the Israeli prime minister, while considering the sentence to be wrong, the government would have had to put the handcuffs in place, today Salvini reiterated that for the League Bibi is always “welcome” because “war criminals they are others.” Of the same idea too Victor Orban (who has already invited the leader of Tel Aviv to Budapest) and Biden (who considers the Court’s request “scandalous”). Germany, on the other hand, is stalling and “evaluating” the consequences of the ICC’s arrest warrants, while the Netherlands, Slovenia, Cyprus and Ireland are ready to capture Bibi. Which, despite the protests in Tel Aviv, still makes the Israeli prime minister’s possibility of international movement limited.