Israel is reportedly in the advanced stages of negotiations with a UN-sponsored organization in order to supply Lebanon with humanitarian and medical assistance following the catastrophic explosion in Beirut. The blast decimated the Port of Beirut, killing at least 135 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

However, Dr. Salman Zarka, director of the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, where patients from Lebanon and Syria have in the past been treated, expressed skepticism that Hezbollah would permit Lebanese civilians to enter Israel.

“I really hope that [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah will allow us to save lives,” Zarka told Israel’s Kan 11 News.

Meanwhile, Tel Aviv’s city hall was illuminated on Wednesday night with Lebanon’s flag in a show of solidarity with Lebanese citizens. “Humanity comes before any conflict, and our heart is with the Lebanese people following the terrible disaster that befell them,” Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai wrote...

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7 August 2020