Israeli ambassador to the UN says Hezbollah has fired over 8,000 rockets toward Israel since October
The Hezbollah militant group has fired more than 8,000 rockets toward Israel since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said Sunday.
Danon’s comments come as Israel and Hezbollah have been trading their most intense fire since the attacks by Hamas that killed 1,200 people and saw around 250 taken hostage.
“As we are gathered here to speak about the future, hundreds of rockets are being fired at our civilian population in Israel,” Danon told the UN General Assembly from New York.
“However, we will not stand by as our people are attacked,” Danon said, adding that Israel will use “all means at hand” to protect its citizens.
He said about 70,000 people have been “forced to flee their homes” in northern Israel and are “becoming refugees in their own land.”
“We did not start this war, but we will protect our homes, our land and our people,” he said.
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