The tone rises between the UN force in Lebanon and Israel; several blue helmets injured
The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Lebanon requested, on Sunday, “explanations” to the Israeli army, accusing it of maneuvers aimed at it, after Israel asked the UN to put “immediately safe” these troops, deployed as a buffer between the two countries.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that two Israeli tanks were “they entered by force” on Sunday at one of their positions on the border, before shots were fired. “caused smoke” that triggered “skin irritations and gastrointestinal reactions in fifteen blue helmets”. Punish the “shocking violations”He also accused the Israeli army of having prevented him from carrying out an attack the day before. “crucial logistical movement”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had just urged the UN Secretary General to put UNIFIL “protected (…) immediately”after the complaints, on Friday, by this Israeli fire force “repeated” AND “deliberate” over its positions in southern Lebanon, which injured five peacekeepers and put Israel under fire from international criticism.
The Lebanese Red Cross also reported that several of its rescuers were injured Sunday in an attack on a house in southern Lebanon where they had been sent. “in coordination” with the UN mission.
Israel confronts Hezbollah on the ground
Israel, which stepped up its attacks in Lebanon on Sunday, is carrying out ground fighting against Hezbollah in areas near the border. Hezbollah announced that its men are fighting “automatic weapon” and with “rocket” Israeli soldiers in four Lebanese border villages, including Aïta El-Chaab, Blida and Qouzah.
The Shiite movement also reported, for the first time, “close fight” in southern Lebanon and said it had repelled two infiltration attempts by Israeli troops. According to him, the fighting in Blida left the Israeli ranks dead and wounded.
For its part, the Israeli army spoke of “face to face fights” with Hezbollah. It reported the capture of a Lebanese movement fighter in a tunnel in southern Lebanon, the first such announcement since the launch of its cross-border ground offensive in late September.
The memory of Dominique Bernard celebrated in Arras, one year after the attack
With a ceremony focused on the arts, Arras, the crowd, several ministers and family members paid tribute, on Sunday, October 13, to Dominique Bernard, the teacher murdered exactly one year ago by a radicalized Islamist former student. The ceremony began at 11 a.m., a symbolic moment in which Dominique Bernard, 57, was murdered on October 13, 2023, with several stab wounds, by Mohammed Mogouchkov, a Russian from Ingushetia who was 20 years old at the time.
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“A year ago, the Arras attack resonated throughout France, the Arras attack resonated throughout the world. We were suffocated, we were in shock, we were incomprehensible, declared the city’s mayor, Frédéric Leturque. A year later, we had to be there. A year later, we owed it to him to be there. A year later, we are together, we are still standing. »
The mayor of Arras was the only one who spoke, despite the presence of several members of the government. “I don’t want any more speeches. What’s the point? “Everything has been said”explained Isabelle Bernard, Dominique Bernard’s wife, to World.
The demonstration against the LGV Southwest brought together almost a thousand people
The first day of the weekend of mobilization against the high-speed line (LGV) project between Bordeaux and Toulouse was held on Saturday, October 12, in Lerm-et-Musset, south of the Gironde, 75 kilometers from Bordeaux. a sometimes tense atmosphere but without major incidents. Opponents of the future railway line were joined by the environmental movement Earth Uprisings, with the desire to“amplify” the movement.
According to the gendarmerie, between eight hundred and one thousand people, including one “high proportion” Hooded radical activists gathered at the edge of the Landes forest. The demonstration, not declared to the prefecture, took the form of a series of “games” against the upcoming connection between Bordeaux, Toulouse and Dax. TO “big useless project” around fifteen billion euros, denounce the organizers, who have 1,500 participants.
A helicopter that was monitoring the area during the night from Friday to Saturday with searchlights and sirens, according to the protesters, was the target of fireworks that did not reach. A brief exchange of projectiles took place on Saturday, when protesters damaged a stuck police vehicle, without causing any injuries.
The government estimates that a new “immigration” law will be necessary in 2025
“A new “immigration” law will be necessary to adapt a series of provisions”said on Sunday, on BFM-TVgovernment spokesperson Maud Bregeon. Returning in particular to the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, to extend the period of detention of foreigners in an irregular situation in “dangerous profiles”,METROme Bregeon announced that legislative proposals will be presented “more like early 2025.” “We don’t stop thinking about other agreements”he added.
The previous law on the matter, promulgated on January 26, 2024, was the subject of very tense debates both in Parliament and within the former presidential majority. And the Macronist camp managed to vote for the text thanks to the abstention of the deputies of the National Group (RN).
For the new bill, “We will discuss it with all parliamentary groups”declared Maud Bregeon. “We are not going to seek support in the National Assembly”he assured, while Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN deputies, made the absence of a new law on immigration a “red line” which could trigger government censorship.
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