ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Israel’s fresh wave of strikes against Lebanon on Wednesday, assuring full support for the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Sharif’s office said.
Israel carried out a wave of air attacks against Lebanon on Monday after the Iran-backed Hezbollah fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel. Hezbollah launched the attack on Haifa in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli strikes over the weekend.
Israeli strikes on Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon killed at least 52 people and injured 154 on Monday, according to state-run media. On Wednesday, Israel ordered residents of a vast region of southern Lebanon to leave their homes while its military expanded its campaign of air strikes in the country, killing at least 11.
Sharif spoke to Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam via telephone to discuss regional tensions, including the Iran crisis, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
“During their discussion, the Prime Minister condemned, in the strongest terms, Israel’s aggression against Lebanon,” Sharif’s office said.
