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Added on the 11/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
The United States warns against an "escalation" in Lebanon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of an operation, saying conflict would only harm Israeli security. "We don't want to see that escalation of the conflict which would just lead to further loss of life from both Israelis and the Lebanese people and would greatly harm Israel's overall security and stability in the region," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Images of the heavily damaged grain silos in Beirut’s blast-hit port, where a fire has been burning since the beginning of the month. Lebanon's Prime Minister earlier said that the section is at risk of collapse. The warning comes just days before Beirut marks two years since the deadly blast ripped through the capital. IMAGES
At the European Parliament in Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the Commission "will act" to prevent Poland undermining EU values and cohesion after its top court rejected the supremacy of parts of EU law. SOUNDBITE
Smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa after an Israeli strike. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, a Hamas ally. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a hit from a rocket fired from southern Lebanon over the Upper Galilee region, in northern Israel. The Israeli military on Sunday said it struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities overnight, after Lebanese state media reported an Israeli strike on an ammunitions depot deep in the south. IMAGES
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets fired by Hezbollah and wildfires break out along the border between Lebanon's Kafr Kela and Israel's Metula after Israel and Hezbollah exchange cross-border fire. Lebanese official media said separate Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed five people including three Syrian children, with Hezbollah announcing rocket fire at Israel in retaliation. IMAGES