Lebanon airstrikes kill 11; civilians among dead
Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon, including Ansar in Nabatieh, killed at least six people and wounded two, with strikes hitting areas beyond the Yellow Line and triggering civilian displacement. The attacks unfold amid a US-brokered framework debate over Israeli withdrawal and Hezbollah disarmament, with heavy bombardments and fatalities reported in multiple towns.
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About Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam is a Lebanese politician, diplomat, jurist, and academic who has been serving as the 53rd prime minister of Lebanon since 8 February 2025. Salam previously sat on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a nine-year term beginning in 2018, and additionally served as Lebanon's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which time he held the positions of president of the Security Council and vice president of the General Assembly. In 2024, he was elected the 27th president of the ICJ, becoming the second Arab and the first Lebanese judge to hold the office. He resigned from the court after the parliament of Lebanon nominated him as prime minister.
Everything about Nawaf Salam →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, judge
- Position held
- Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, Judge of the International Court of Justice, President of the International Court of Justice, Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Born
- December 15, 1953