Published 09/26/2024 11:37 | Edited 09/26/2024 12:12
The new front of the war in the Middle East provoked by Israel claimed this Wednesday (25) the first Brazilian victim in the conflict. A 15-year-old teenager died in Lebanon after a series of bombings by Israeli troops. Ali Kamal Abdallah was shot in the Beqaa Valley, 30 kilometers from Beirut.
The teenager’s father is Paraguayan and also died in the explosions. The Brazilian embassy in Lebanon is in contact with the family.
Hanan Abdallah, the Brazilian boy’s sister, accused the Israelis of having killed her brother. She published a video on social media with images of the boy and wrote: “The angel that Israel killed”. “It was an attack. They died working in the family’s small factory,” Hanan said.
Israeli attacks in Lebanon killed at least 72 people and injured another 223 this Wednesday, according to data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
Earlier, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Lula gave an interview to the press after his last appointment at the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), in New York.
“It is important for us to remember that in Lebanon the total number of deaths is 620 people. It is the highest number of deaths since the civil war that lasted between 1975 and 1990. It is also important to remember that 94 women and 50 children died, 2,058 people were injured and 10,000 people were forced to retreat and empty their homes,” said Lula.
Conflicts in the Middle East entered a new phase last week, when Israel decided to intensify offensives against Hezbollah in Lebanon. In recent days, the Israeli Armed Forces began calling up reservists for a possible ground attack on the Shiite group.
Itamaraty is preparing a mass evacuation plan for Brazilians living in Lebanon, which is home to the largest Brazilian community in the Middle East, with 22 thousand people.
The Brazilian Embassy in Beirut began consulting this Tuesday (24) Brazilians living in Lebanon about their interest in receiving support from the Brazilian government to leave the Middle Eastern country.
Brazilians were instructed to fill out a form so that Brazil can continue planning a possible rescue operation. The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has planes ready to pick up Brazilian citizens.
The embassy also advised Brazilians not to travel to Lebanon and recommended that residents or those passing through leave the country by their own means “until normality returns”.
Source: vermelho.org.br
