US condemns terrorist group Hezbollah attacks on Israel

The United States condemned the recent attacks launched by the Hezbollah terrorist group from Lebanon against Israel. and called on Beirut to “avoid” the offensive and “take control of the area”. “This violence endangers the Israelis and the Lebanese, the stability and the sovereignty of Lebanon”The spokesperson for the US State Department said in a statement: Ned Prize.

He also assured that US “remains engaged” with Israeli and Lebanese officials, as well as with the Lebanese Armed Forces, while urging Beirut to “Put the area under their control”.

He also called on the executive to “Facilitate full access for the peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force for Lebanon (UNIFIL)”.

“We strongly encourage all efforts to remain calm.”Price noted.

The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had carried out artillery strikes against southern Lebanon in response to around 20 Hezbollah shell fire on the country, against a background of rising tensions and incidents of this type in recent days.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching the projectiles and stressed that it is a “response” to the bombings carried out Thursday by the Israeli army in the south of Lebanon, according to the Lebanese television channel. Al Manar, linked to the terrorist group.

For its part, the Lebanese army said in a statement published on its website that “An army unit in the city of Shuaya arrested four people for firing rockets and the shuttle used in the operation was seized”.

Israel and Lebanon are technically at war and have no diplomatic relations. The land border was tension scenario in recent months, in part because of the lack of agreement for its delimitationWhile the two countries have initiated indirect contacts to delimit their maritime border.

(With information from Europa Press)

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