BERLIN: Lebanon's health system remains impacted and overstretched by a new escalation of violence in the country, the World Health Organization said on Monday, warning that displaced people were at increased risk of diseases. Some 118,466 new displacements have taken place between September 23 and 27, the UN agency said in a situation report, as Israel continues to carry out air strikes on targets in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon.
Hezbollah fighters are primed to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, the group's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Monday in his first public speech since Israeli air strikes killed its veteran chief Hassan Nasrallah last week.
Israel will not achieve its goals, he said.
"We will face any possibility and we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground engagement," he said in an address from an undisclosed location.
He was speaking as Israeli air strikes on targets in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon continued, extending a two-week long wave of attacks that has eliminated several Hezbollah commanders but also killed about 1,000 Lebanese and forced one million to flee their homes, according to the Lebanese government.
Nasrallah's killing, along with the series of blows against the organisation's communications devices and assassination of other senior commanders, constitute the biggest blow to the organisation
Hezbollah fighters are primed to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, the group's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Monday in his first public speech since Israeli air strikes killed its veteran chief Hassan Nasrallah last week.
Israel will not achieve its goals, he said.
"We will face any possibility and we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground engagement," he said in an address from an undisclosed location. He was speaking as Israeli air strikes on targets in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon continued, extending a two-week long wave of attacks that has eliminated several Hezbollah commanders but also killed about 1,000 Lebanese and forced one million to flee their homes, according to the Lebanese government.
Britain on Monday said that all sides should seek de-escalation and a ceasefire after Israeli air strikes in Lebanon, reiterating that the region needs to pull back from the brink.
Starmer and other government ministers have also called on British nationals to leave Lebanon on commercial flights while it is still possible. The spokesperson said that the government was working on all contingency planning needed in relation to the situation in Lebanon. — Reuters
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