Germany has said it will give Lebanon a further €96 million ($103.57 million) in humanitarian and development aid.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least one person was killed and five wounded as Israel carried out at least 17 attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, levelling six buildings in raids that began without warning.
A Lebanese officer was among three soldiers killed in an Israeli raid in southern Bint Jbeil, Lebanon’s military said.
Speaking ahead of an aid conference for Lebanon in the French capital, Paris, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany wanted to show it was responding actively to the current Middle East crisis.
“We are making it clear that we not only see the suffering in Lebanon these days, we are taking action; we are supporting the people on the ground who, for the most part, want only one thing: to live in safety and peace in the future, just like so many people in Israel,” Baerbock said.
The German foreign minister added that “everything must be done” to prevent a new war breaking out between Israel and Lebanon.
“That is exactly what we are continuing to work on, even if it has become much more difficult,” she said.