The death toll in Lebanon from the ongoing Israeli attacks had risen to 2,350 since October of last year, with 10,906 others injured, said the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Tuesday said Israeli troops continued to advance its offensive in southern Lebanon, killing several Hezbollah militants.
On the same day, Hezbollah announced that its militants fired a barrage of rockets on northern Israel bordering Lebanon.
The IDF also said Israeli soldiers uncovered dozens of tunnel shafts and extensive underground facilities in southern Lebanon, and found weapons in a residential building during a raid.
Meanwhile, it revealed that the Israeli army detected about 30 rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel with some having been intercepted, and air sirens sounded there.
On early Wednesday morning, about 50 rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Safed region of Israel, with no reports of casualties, according to the IDF.
Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been exchanging fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border since outbreak of the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, last year. Hezbollah is showing solidarity with Hamas which was fighting a war with Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli military has been carrying out an extensive air campaign in Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North," in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah.
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks climbs to 2,350
China expects all parties in Colombia will steadfastly implement the peace agreement to achieve national stability, peace and development in all aspects, said China's United Nations envoy Geng Shuang at a Security Council meeting on the peace process in Colombia on Tuesday.
At the meeting, the United Nations Security Council deliberated on Colombia's progress in implementing the peace agreement reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in August 2016.
"We expect and believe that all parties in Colombia, under the leadership of President Petro and the Colombian government, will demonstrate firm determination in implementing the agreement, overcome various difficulties and challenges, and form powerful resultant forces in the peace-building process, to ultimately achieve national stability, peace and development in all aspects," Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council meeting.
According to the Chinese envoy, China proposed that Colombia should continuously unleash the dividends of development, consolidate the achievements of peace talks, and enhance its security capabilities.
"We support the Colombian government in effectively implementing policies to disarm armed groups and combat criminal gangs, increasing security force deployment in areas lacking effective control, and better protecting vulnerable groups such as former armed personnel, women, children, and ethnic minorities," Geng said.
In 2016, FARC, the largest anti-government guerrilla group in Colombia, signed a peace agreement with the government, ending over five decades of armed conflicts. However, some of its members splintered off, continuing to attack government forces, leading to a deadlock in the peace talks.
China expects Colombia's firm implementation of peace deal to achieve national stability: envoy
