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The Lebanese army was urged on Sunday to “not be drawn into actions that might harm civil peace” and to “preserve unity,” the day after Hezbollah announced the killing of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli raid in the southern suburb of Beirut.
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 the history of our nation.” The army affirmed that it will continue “to take the necessary security measures to preserve civil peace.”
The army confirmed that Israel is working to implement its sabotage plans and sow division among the Lebanese.
This came as the army carried out a deployment inside the capital, Beirut, to which thousands were displaced following violent Israeli bombing 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.”
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, for his part, urged 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 a national responsibility that preserves our unity. We affirm our solidarity because one of Israel’s goals is to strike this unity, which has always been the strongest weapon in confronting it. Her criminal plans.
