{"id":45544,"date":"2026-03-31T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/45544\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:30:10","slug":"carney-condemns-israels-illegal-invasion-of-lebanon-calls-for-ceasefire-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/45544\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney condemns Israel\u2019s \u2018illegal invasion\u2019 of Lebanon, calls for ceasefire – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> on Tuesday condemned what he called Israel\u2019s<\/a> \u201cillegal invasion\u201d of southern Lebanon<\/a>, which he said is a violation of territorial sovereignty.<\/p>\n

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Carney told reporters in French in Wakefield, Que., that a ceasefire is necessary between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, against which Israeli forces have launched a renewed offensive.<\/p>\n

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier Tuesday that Israel plans to control a 30-kilometre area between the Israel-Lebanon border and the Litani River \u2014 about one-tenth of Lebanon\u2019s territory \u2014 even after the fighting with Hezbollah ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an illegal invasion \u2014 it\u2019s an invasion of Lebanon,\u201d Carney said in English. \u201cIt\u2019s a violation of their territorial sovereignty.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a practical perspective, the government of Lebanon has banned Hezbollah, is trying to take action against Hezbollah and their terrorist activities and their threats to Israel. And that is the purported justification for this invasion. So we condemn it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Global Affairs Canada posted on X last week<\/a> that the government \u201cstrongly condemns Israel\u2019s plans to occupy territory in southern Lebanon,\u201d while also calling on Hezbollah to disarm and cease its attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n

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The Canadian government has declared Hezbollah to be a foreign terrorist entity since 2002. The group takes inspiration from the Iranian revolution and is dedicated to Israel\u2019s destruction, according to the listing.<\/p>\n

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The war in the Middle East widened when Hezbollah launched missiles toward Israel on March 2, two days after Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran.<\/p>\n

Israel immediately retaliated and declared war on Hezbollah, launching waves of airstrikes and sending ground troops across the border.<\/p>\n

More than 1.2 million people have been displaced and another 1,200 have been killed in Lebanon since the fighting began. Ten Israeli soldiers have died in Lebanon, including four announced Tuesday, and three United Nations peacekeepers were killed earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) earlier this month ordered residents to leave swathes of the south, the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, and the group\u2019s political heartlands in eastern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

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Katz said Tuesday that Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border, and that 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the operation, the IDF will establish a security zone inside Lebanon \u2014 a line of defense against anti-tank missiles \u2014 and will maintain security control over the entire area up to the Litani River, including the remaining Litani bridges,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He added the destruction of homes near the Lebanese border will be done\u00a0\u201cin accordance with the model used in Rafah and Beit Hanoun in Gaza, in order to permanently remove the threats near the border to northern residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Israel on Tuesday launched new strikes targeting what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut.<\/p>\n

Lebanon\u2019s minister of social affairs, Haneen Sayed, told Reuters that Israel\u2019s ground operation, which she described as a \u201cland grab,\u201d was deepening the risk that Lebanese would be stuck in long-term displacement.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said Tuesday that Hezbollah had fired almost 5,000 drones, rockets and missiles at Israel during the conflict.<\/p>\n

The war is the second major conflict between Israel and Hezbollah since 2024. Israel dealt Hezbollah heavy blows in the last war, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah and thousands of its fighters.<\/p>\n

\u2014with files from Reuters<\/p>\n

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