O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva autorizou na segunda-feira, 30, a operação de repatriação de brasileiros no Líbano.
Segundo o Palácio do Planalto, "a operação, coordenada pelo Itamaraty e pelo Ministério da Defesa, terá a data anunciada nos próximos dias, após análise das condições de segurança para o voo".
Em nota, o governo também diz que "o planejamento inicial da Força Aérea Brasileira prevê a decolagem do aeroporto de Beirute, que se encontra aberto".
"A Embaixada no Líbano está tomando as providências necessárias para viabilizar a operação, em contato permanente com a comunidade brasileira e em estreita coordenação com as autoridades locais", diz o Palácio do Planalto.
Entenda o conflito entre Israel e Líbano
O exército de Israel faz uma grande operação desde a semana passada contra o Hezbollah. A ação começou com uma explosão coordenada de pagers e rádios de comunicação usados pelo grupo e avançou para bombardeios quase diários. No sábado, 28, um destes ataques matou Hassan Nasrallah, líder do Hezbollah. Quase toda a cadeia de comando do grupo foi dizimada nos últimos dias, o que tem dificultado a resposta do grupo.
O Hezbollah e Israel vivem uma situação de conflito desde os anos 1980. Em outubro do ano passado, o grupo extremista passou a fazer ataques com mísseis a Israel, como represália pela invasão de Israel da Faixa de Gaza, após o grupo palestino Hamas fazer um ataque contra Israel. Com isso, mais de 60 mil israelenses no norte do país tiveram de deixar suas casas.
A operação atual de Israel contra o Hezbollah diz ter como objetivos permitir que essas pessoas desalojadas retornem para suas casas.
O grupo armado foi criado para lutar contra a ocupação israelense do Líbano, que durou até 2000. A última grande guerra terrestre no Líbano ocorreu em julho de 2006, quando o Hezbollah cruzou a fronteira para Israel em um ataque surpresa perto da vila libanesa de Ayta ash-Shaab. O grupo capturou e matou todos os soldados israelenses, o que resultou em uma guerra de cinco semanas. As forças de defesa de Israel atravessaram a fronteira no Sul perseguindo membros do grupo extremistas com tanques e veículos blindados.
O que é o grupo Hezbollah?
Apoiado pelo Irã, o grupo libanês Hezbollah é considerado uma organização terrorista por Israel, Estados Unidos, União Europeia e o Conselho de Cooperação do Golfo.
Inimigo de Israel, o grupo armado enfrentou uma guerra contra o país em 2006. Ela durou pouco mais de um mês e deixou cerca de 1.200 mortos no Líbano e 160 em solo israelense.
Agora, após o ataque na Fazenda Shebaa e o comunicado em apoio aos bombardeiros de sábado, o Hezbollah reafirma sua aliança ao Hamas.
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Mourners in the Nahr al-Bared camp for Palestinian refugees gather for the funeral of commanders of the Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) group who were killed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut, at the camp near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
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Mourners in the Nahr al-Bared camp for Palestinian refugees gather for the funeral of commanders of the Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) group who were killed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut, at the camp near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
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A fighter fires live rounds into the air from an assault rifle during the funeral of two commanders and one member of the Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) group who were killed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut, at the Beddawi camp for Palestinian refugees near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
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Mourners gather by ambulances transporting the bodies of two commanders and one member of the Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who were killed by an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut, during the funeral at the Beddawi camp for Palestinian refugees near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
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This overview from Lebanon's southern city of Tyre shows a cloud of smoke erupting after an Israeli air strike on the village of Qlayleh on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
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Iranians hold pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, during an anti-Israel protest in Palestine Square in Tehran on September 30, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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Iranians hold pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, during an anti-Israel protest in Palestine Square in Tehran on September 30, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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A picture taken from northern Israel, along the border with southern Lebanon, on September 30, 2024 shows a fire following Israeli bombardment on an area of south Lebanon. The Israeli military said Tuesday troops have started "targeted ground raids" in villages of southern Lebanon. The incursions backed by airstrikes and artillery began "a few hours ago" and are targeting militant group Hezbollah "in villages close to the border" with Israel, a military statement said. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beiruts southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. The Israeli military said Tuesday troops have started "targeted ground raids" in villages of southern Lebanon. The incursions backed by airstrikes and artillery began "a few hours ago" and are targeting militant group Hezbollah "in villages close to the border" with Israel, a military statement said. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beiruts southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. The Israeli military said Tuesday troops have started "targeted ground raids" in villages of southern Lebanon. The incursions backed by airstrikes and artillery began "a few hours ago" and are targeting militant group Hezbollah "in villages close to the border" with Israel, a military statement said. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
(Exchanges of fire on Lebanon-Israel border after Hamas offensive)
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beiruts southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. A Lebanese security official said Israel had conducted at least six strikes on south Beirut in the night from Monday to Tuesday, after Israel's army called on residents in the Hezbollah stronghold to evacuate. (Photo by ETIENNE TORBEY / AFP)
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