A Lebanese Red Cross vehicle in Sour, South Lebanon, June 28, 2024. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
For several weeks, Lebanon has been preparing for a possible wider war with Israel, as the bellicose rhetoric between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated.In early October, just days after hostilities began in Gaza and southern Lebanon, Najib Mikati’s caretaker cabinet implemented an emergency plan and established a crisis management unit to prepare for “the worst possible scenarios,” according to caretaker Information Minister Ziad Makary.“The emergency plan is up-to-date,” Makary told L’Orient-Le Jour. “We have conducted several simulations and have serious cooperation with the UN in the event of [wider] conflict.” For essential news and key developments every morning Sign up to our daily newsletter : The Morning Brief On Thursday, Mikati held a meeting at the Grand Serail, the official government headquarters, to discuss the...
For several weeks, Lebanon has been preparing for a possible wider war with Israel, as the bellicose rhetoric between Hezbollah and Israel has escalated.In early October, just days after hostilities began in Gaza and southern Lebanon, Najib Mikati’s caretaker cabinet implemented an emergency plan and established a crisis management unit to prepare for “the worst possible scenarios,” according to caretaker Information Minister Ziad Makary.“The emergency plan is up-to-date,” Makary told L’Orient-Le Jour. “We have conducted several simulations and have serious cooperation with the UN in the event of [wider] conflict.” For essential news and key developments every morning Sign up to our daily newsletter : The Morning Brief On Thursday, Mikati held a meeting at the Grand Serail, the official government headquarters, to...
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