ENEMY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FLIES OVER SOUTHERN LEBANON’S WESTERN, CENTRAL SECTORSFrance says will never recognize illegal annexation of Palestinian-occupied territories

An Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft on Tuesday was sighted flying over villages in the western and central sectors, nearing the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and above the course of the Litani River. At dawn, the enemy targeted the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab and Naqoura with its machine gun fire. Furthermore, it released flare bombs consistently throughout the preceding night. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon Amman: France's Deputy Permanent Representative, Nathalie Estival-Broadhurst, said her country "will never recognize the illegal annexation" of the Palestinian Occupied Territories nor the legalization of rogue settlements in the West Bank. Addressing a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Estival-Broadhurst strongly condemned the recent announcement of new settlement building and the expulsion of Palestinian families authorized by the Israeli government. "Such decisions jeopardize the possibility of a two-state solution," she said. She added that an environment of "total impunity" in the West Bank was driving the spike in violence. "We cannot accept the abuses that deprive Palestinians of their rights and their land", she reiterated We must urgently restore prospects for a political horizon to implement the two-state solution. "We call for a new immediate, lasting humanitarian truce, which must lead to a lasting ceasefire," to obtain the release of all the hostages still held by Hamas and to provide the population of Gaza with the aid they need. She said a resumption of the political process is urgent. "We must work seriously towards building a state for the Palestinians." Source: Jordan News Agency