"nightmare reappears" 18 years later: is the situation between lebanon and israel on the verge of getting out of control?
2024-09-30
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recently, after the explosion of communication equipment in many places, lebanon has been attacked by the israeli army on a large scale. in just a few days, israel launched a series of ruthless attacks, breaking through the bottom line. some analysts even believe that the intensity of the current conflict between the two sides has exceeded the 2006 lebanese-israeli war. as the situation deteriorates rapidly, the outside world is worried: has the "spiral escalation" of the lebanese-israeli conflict been on the verge of getting out of control?
on september 28, the israel defense forces confirmed that lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah was killed in an air strike in beirut. subsequently,hezbollah releases statement confirming nasrallah has been killed. nasrallah was once called "the beating heart of hezbollah." from the outside world,his death marks a major escalation of the situation between lebanon and israel, and the risk of a wider conflict in the middle east is rising.。
the lebanese-israeli conflict has been around for a long time, but it has always been hidden under the main line of contradictions in the palestinian-israeli conflict, sometimes appearing and disappearing:
in 1978, israel invaded southern lebanon and controlled a large area south of the litani river in retaliation for the plo;
in 1982, israel invaded lebanon again and once surrounded beirut. after expelling the plo, it occupied southern lebanon for 18 years;
in 2000, a breakthrough was achieved in the palestinian-israeli peace talks, and the israeli army withdrew from southern lebanon;
in 2006, the israeli army once again sent troops to invade southern lebanon due to attacks by hezbollah armed forces on its soldiers, and fought with hezbollah, resulting in the death of at least thousands of civilians and the displacement of large numbers of people.
in 2006, the united nations security council passed resolution 1701, calling for a comprehensive ceasefire, expanding the mandate of unifil, and increasing troop deployment to maintain security in southern lebanon.
over the past 18 years, the implementation of resolution 1701 has not been ideal.hezbollah controls most of southern lebanon and continues to strengthen its military power; israel has repeatedly carried out air strikes in southern lebanon on the pretext of attacking hezbollah's military targets.
for 58-year-old ferial mason, it's more like"nightmare reappears" 18 years later。
after this round of bombing began, mason took refuge in a shelter converted from a school in beirut.but she discovered that she had also taken refuge here during the lebanese-israeli conflict 18 years ago.
lebanese citizen feryal mason: i witnessed the "july war" (the lebanese-israeli conflict in 2006) with my own eyes. we were indeed scared at that time, but not like we are now. we suffered and lived on the streets.we also faced this situation in 2006, but the situation now is much more difficult.
since august this year, the situation between lebanon and israel has begun a "spiral escalation." with israel announcing that it would shift its military focus to its northern border and a series of communications equipment explosions, the situation suddenly heated up.
regarding the current tense situation,united nations secretary-general antonio guterres has warned that lebanon is on the brink of crisis and could become "another gaza".this means the loss of more innocent lives and the occurrence of greater disasters and tragedies.
on october 7, this round of palestinian-israeli conflict will celebrate its first anniversary.
today, not only does the war in gaza continue to drag on, the war has spilled over to lebanon.
people can't help but ask: when will this devastated land usher in the dawn of peace?
source of this article: comprehensive "world weekly"
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