From New York, Mikati contacted Army Commander Joseph Aoun and asked the Coordinator of the National Committee for Disaster and Crisis Response Operations, Nasser Yassin, to mobilize all agencies in light of the Israeli F-35 attack on residential neighborhoods in the Haret Hreik area.

The top executive stressed that the Israeli hostility puts the international community against its responsibilities to deter the occupation and stop its tyranny and the war of annihilation it is waging against Lebanon.

On a message on her X account, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis expressed concern over the possible civilian impact of Thursday evening’s massive attacks on the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut.

The Iranian Ambassador to this capital denounced the Israeli massacre against densely populated residential neighborhoods with fake justifications in an attempt to cover up their brutal crime.

There is no doubt that this condemnable massacre and reckless behavior represents a dangerous escalation that changes the rules of the game and requires appropriate punishment and discipline for its perpetrator, the diplomatic mission stressed.

The recent attacks, targeting the southern suburb of Beirut, occurred in parallel to the bombings dropped since Monday on the south and the Bekaa region, in the east of the country, which caused over 700 deaths and nearly 3,000 wounded.

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