{"id":1426,"date":"2024-09-22T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/lebanese-pm-cancels-un-trip-amid-escalation-with-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T03:41:55","slug":"lebanese-pm-cancels-un-trip-amid-escalation-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/lebanese-pm-cancels-un-trip-amid-escalation-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese PM cancels UN trip amid escalation with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Najib Mikati has called on the international community to condemn \u201chorrific Israeli massacres\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has canceled his plans to attend the UN General Assembly session in New York next week due to a wave of deadly explosions, which was widely\u00a0blamed on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of electronic communication devices used by the members of the militant group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded across Lebanon, killing nearly\u00a040 people and injuring some 3,000 others, including both militants and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>While West Jerusalem neither confirmed nor denied its involvement, multiple media outlets reported that Israel\u2019s spy agency Mossad was responsible for rigging hand-held pagers and walkie-talkies with explosives.<\/p>\n<p>The explosions were followed by cross-border rocket attacks by Hezbollah and Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/604267-lebanon-israel-mikati-pagers\/\">Lebanon is at war \u2013 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Saturday, Mikati urged the international community to condemn <em>\u201chorrific Israeli massacres.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn light of the developments related to the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, I decided to cancel my trip,\u201d<\/em> he stated. <em>\u201cThere is no priority at present that surpasses stopping the massacres committed by the Israeli enemy and the multiple types of wars it is waging.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials reiterated this week that the Jewish state would pursue any means to stop Hezbollah from firing rockets into northern Israel. The IDF and Hezbollah have been trading cross-border fire since October 2023, when a Hamas-led raid into Israel prompted the ongoing war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Wednesday a <em>\u201cnew phase in the war\u201d<\/em> against Hezbollah, vowing to <em>\u201ccontinue to act to undermine the capabilities of and damage\u201d<\/em> the Lebanese-based armed group.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/604277-un-lebanon-pager-attack\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>UN condemns \u2018shocking\u2019 pager blasts in Lebanon and Syria<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Several countries, including Russia and China, as well the UN, have condemned the use of electronic communication devices as booby traps as indiscriminate. 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