The Israeli army carried out several strikes on the densely populated towns of Meiss el-Jabal, Kfar Tebnit, and Debbin, according to a report from Lebanon’s state-run NNA on Thursday, just one hour after Hezbollah infrastructure was announced.
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Salam accused Israel of “intimidation and aggressions” committed in violation of the world’s supported mechanism to monitor the ceasefire from the previous year.
In a social media post, Salam wrote that Lebanon calls on the international community to put the most pressure on Israel to stop its aggressions.
The deal is primarily supported by France and the United States.
Prior, the Israeli military had announced the planned “military infrastructure” attacks against Hezbollah and urged people to evacuate buildings marked red on an attached map.
According to Hezbollah’s spokesman Avichay Adraee, the attacks were being carried out in response to the organization’s “prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the region.”
Zeina Khodr, a journalist from Beirut, reported for Al Jazeera that a large number of people had been evacuated as a result of the Israeli army’s warning.
We observed people making their way to safer locations using what they had on hand.
She claimed that the attacks occurred “approximately an hour” after the evacuation order.
Hezbollah’s influence diminished
After Israel’s occupation of Gaza in October 2023, Hezbollah and Israeli forces engaged in near-daily fire across the Lebanese border.
Israel has continued to strike southern Lebanon almost daily despite a ceasefire that was brokered in November 2024.
According to Khodr, “They target vehicles, motorcycles, and what they call Hezbollah members and assets.”
According to the terms of the agreement, Israel is supposed to completely seize Lebanese territory while Hezbollah is supposed to disarm and move north of the Litani River.
It still occupies at least five of southern Lebanon’s remaining areas, though.
By the end of the year, Lebanon is under increasing pressure, primarily from the United States.
The group’s arms have long been a contentious issue in Lebanon, with attempts to stifle its military might that could cause internal conflict.
Hassan Nasrallah, a long-time leader, was killed by an Israeli strike in the Beirut suburbs almost exactly a year ago, but Hezbollah has suffered significant losses since last year.
The strikes on Thursday occurred one year after Israel’s alleged pager attack on its members, which left more than 3, 000 people injured and injured on the same day as Hezbollah commemorated one year of its anniversary.
Salam referenced the ceasefire agreement in Thursday’s post because it was referred to in UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which was adopted to end Israel-Hezbollah hostilities in 2006.
