The army said in a statement: “The army leadership calls on citizens to preserve national unity and not be drawn into actions that may harm civil peace at this dangerous and delicate stage in our nation’s history.”
The army confirmed that it would continue “to take the necessary security measures (…) to maintain civil peace.”
The army considered that the “Israeli enemy” was working “to implement its sabotage plans and spread division among the Lebanese.”
This came as the army carried out a deployment inside the capital Beirut Thousands were displaced as a result of violent Israeli bombardment on Hezbollah strongholds in southern and eastern Lebanon and the southern suburb of Beirut, an army official confirmed.
The United Nations Special Coordinator in Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called on Sunday “at this critical moment for Lebanon” for the country to “focus on the common interest that unites its people: a state that can quickly and decisively provide for urgent security and humanitarian needs.”
He urged the caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati For his part, the Lebanese, in a statement that came after an emergency government meeting following his urgent return from the United Nations in New York, “to confront what is happening with national responsibility that preserves our unity, and we affirm our solidarity because one of the goals of the Israeli enemy is to strike this unity, which has always constituted the most powerful weapon in confronting his criminal plans.”
