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WORLD NEWS Thursday 29 augusT 2024
U.N. demands halt to escalating attacks between Hezbollah and

Israeli forces

By EDITH M. LEDERER lusion with Israel, while Israel
Associated Press has accused the peace-
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — keepers of turning a blind
The U.N. Security Council eye to Hezbollah’s military
on Wednesday demanded activities in southern Leba-
a halt to the increasing at- non.
tacks between Lebanon’s During the ongoing clashes
Hezbollah militants and Is- between Hezbollah and
raeli forces and warned Israeli forces in southern
that further escalation Lebanon, UNIFIL facilities or
“carries the high risk of vehicles have been hit by
leading to a widespread shelling or gunfire on sev-
conflict.”Israel and Iran- eral occasions. Earlier this
backed Hezbollah pulled month, UNIFIL said three
back after an exchange peacekeepers on patrol
of heavy fire across the were lightly injured when
U.N.-drawn boundary be- an explosion happened
tween Lebanon and Israel near their vehicle.
over the weekend. But their Israel’s Danon blamed He-
decades-old conflict is far zbollah for launching un-
from over and regional ten- provoked attacks against
sions linked to the war in Israel starting the day after
Gaza are still high. Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks in
The Security Council de- Civil Defense workers inspect the remains of a burned car that was hit by an Israeli strike in the southern Israel, which ignit-
southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
mand that Israel and Hez- Associated Press ed the war in Gaza. Since
bollah halt hostilities which then, he said, more than
is not legally binding came Israel’s U.N. ambassador, fire.” And he urged mem- panded the mission after 8,000 rockets, 300 explo-
in a French-drafted resolu- Danny Danon, told report- bers: “Let’s work together, a 2006 war between Is- sive drones and 1,500 anti-
tion unanimously approved ers that he had a message not only to end the escala- rael and Hezbollah so that tank missiles have been
by its 15 members, urging for the Lebanese people: tion” but toward “a just and peacekeepers could de- launched against Israel,
the “relevant actors” to re- “You and your government comprehensive peace.” ploy along the Lebanon- forcing over 60,000 Israelis
store “calm, restraint and have a choice to make, The resolution extended for Israel border to help Leba- in the north to leave their
stability.” confront Hezbollah today another year the mandate nese troops extend their homes.
“The risk of open warfare or watch as your country of the U.N. peacekeeping authority into their country’s Danon accused Hezbol-
remains real, and we are is dragged into chaos and force in Lebanon known as south for the first time in de- lah of firing from southern
mobilized alongside our destruction.” UNIFIL, which was created cades. That resolution also Lebanon within UNIFIL’s
regional and international Lebanon’s representa- to oversee the withdrawal called for a full cessation of area of operations in vio-
partners to avoid a region- tive, Hadi Hachem, was far of Israeli troops from south- Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities, lation of the 2006 cease-
al conflagration,” France’s more diplomatic, thanking ern Lebanon after a 1978 which has not happened. fire resolution and showed
deputy U.N. ambassador, the council after the vote invasion and has been Hezbollah supporters in the council photos that he
Nathalie Broadhurst, said for its clear message “in fa- there ever since. Lebanon frequently ac- claimed were near some of
before the vote. vor of stability and a cease- The Security Council ex- cuse the U.N. mission of col- its facilities.q

Haitian and Kenyan police try to oust gangs from a rough part of

Haiti’s capital

By EVENS SANON officers beings shot. I am “It’s not going to be quick,” for a total of 2,500 foreign personnel.q
Associated Press tired of going to police of- Conille said. “We must be
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ficers’ funerals. We must patient.”
— Haitian forces working solve this insecurity prob- Earlier in the day, a police
with police sent from Ke- lem,” Conille said. union reported that a fe-
nya have launched a joint Conille did not provide fur- male officer was killed while
operation to oust crimi- ther details of the operation going to work on Wednes-
nal gangs from one of the and did not take questions day, with more than a doz-
roughest neighborhoods during his brief news con- en bullet holes found in her
of Haiti’s capital, Prime ference, but he called on windshield. Michelle Na-
Minister Garry Conille said Haitians to cooperate with thanielle Megine is one of
Wednesday. police and share informa- roughly two dozen officers
Conille spoke at a hospi- tion to help reduce crime. killed so far this year.
tal in Port-au-Prince where More than 3,200 killings A U.N.-backed mission led
three Haitian policemen have been reported in by Kenya has sent some
were recuperating after Haiti from January to May. 400 police officers to Haiti
being injured in a shootout Gangs that control 80% of so far to help quell gang
Tuesday during the joint Port-au-Prince have left violence. Police and sol- Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, center left, speaks with
operation in the impover- more than half a million diers from countries includ- Police Chief Normil Rameau at Bernard Mevs Hospital where
ished and gang-controlled people homeless in recent ing Benin, Chad and Ja- he visited injured police officers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
neighborhood of Bel Air. years as they fight to con- maica also are expected Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Associated Press
“I am tired of seeing police trol more territory. to arrive in coming months