A DEMONSTRATION for Lebanon is to be held in Glasgow this Saturday after the United Nations confirmed more than 90,000 people have been displaced by five days of Israeli strikes.
The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (GGEC) announced in a post on Twitter/X that it would be holding a demonstration at the Buchanan Steps at 12pm on Saturday, September 28.
The UN Office for the Co-Ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Wednesday that 200,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon since Hezbollah started firing rockets into northern Israel almost a year ago, drawing Israeli retaliation.
A statement on GGEC’s Twitter/X page said: “From Palestine to Lebanon, Israel’s genocidal regime is out of control and driving the entire region towards full-scale war.
“By allowing the genocide in Gaza, the west has green-lighted the slaughter in Lebanon.
“The UK must help stop the killing in Palestine and Lebanon by ending ALL arms to Israel.”
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It comes after John Swinney (below) said the escalation of violence in Lebanon was “deeply troubling” with all UK citizens urged to leave.
The Israeli military says it is activating reserve troops in response to rising tensions with Hezbollah.
It followed Hezbollah firing a missile towards Tel Aviv for the first time.
The army said it was calling up “two reserve brigades for operational missions in the northern arena”.
“This will enable the continuation of combat against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation,” it said.
The launch of the Hezbollah missile towards Tel Aviv ratcheted up hostilities in the region, even as Israel continues to battle Hamas in the Gaza Strip. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed 51 people and injured more than 220, according to Lebanon’s health minister.
The count comes in addition to 564 who were killed and more than 1800 wounded in the previous two days, including around 150 women and children.
This week has been the deadliest in Lebanon since the bruising month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.
Fleeing families have flocked to Beirut and the coastal city of Sidon, sleeping in schools turned into shelters, as well as in cars, parks and along the beach. Some sought to leave the country, causing a traffic jam at the border with Syria.
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