Aoun praised the army’s leadership, officers and personnel for their role in extending state authority, maintaining security and stability, securing Lebanon’s borders and preserving civil peace.
“Campaigns of doubt and defamation” targeting the military institution and its leadership “will not affect its national performance, which remains committed to the decisions of the political authorities, nor will they undermine the confidence of officials and the Lebanese people in the army,” he added.
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Since March 2, Israel’s military aggression in Lebanon has killed 4,257 people and wounded 12,196 others, while displacing more than one million people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Israel continues to occupy areas in southern Lebanon, some held for decades and others seized during the 2023-2024 war, while expanding its current ground incursion to more than 10 kilometres inside Lebanese territory.
Israel also occupies Palestinian territories and parts of Syria, and continues to reject withdrawal from those territories and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in line with relevant UN resolutions.
