Former interior minister of Lebanon: Israel is behind the bombing in Beirut
The former interior minister of Lebanon, nohad machnouk, said on August 12 that Israel was behind the bombing of Beirut port. This is the first senior political figure in Lebanon to publicly condemn Israel. According to the Asia times, former interior minister mashnuk of Lebanon said at a press conference on August 12 that Israel clearly needs to be responsible for the August 4 bombing in Beirut, “Israel has obviously taken action in Beirut”, “we are witnessing crimes against humanity, so no one dares to claim responsibility for it.” Before that, both leader Nasrallah and President ORN of Lebanon pointed out that the Beirut explosion may have the possibility of sabotage. Despite the ongoing border clashes with Israel in recent weeks, they have not targeted Israel. Israel clarified immediately after the explosion and denied that it was related to the explosion. The explosion in Beirut on August 4 killed at least 171 people, injured more than 6000 people, and destroyed many local hospitals, clinics and medical supplies, which made it even worse for Lebanon, which is in the midst of economic crisis and new epidemic situation. According to Reuters, the World Health Organization (who) said at a news conference on August 12 that it was worried about the rebound of the new epidemic in Lebanon and sought the international community to raise $76 million for Lebanon. Novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, and 7413 cases were confirmed by the 12 official website of the Ministry of health of Lebanon’s caretaker government, according to the report released on the day of the official website of the Ministry of health of Lebanon.
