Lebanon’s Beirut-based National News Agency (NNA) reports that at least one person has been killed in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in November.
The Bekaa Valley’s Shamsiyah area had an explosion on Monday that killed an excavator and injured its driver. The victim was spotted on a stretcher by emergency responders on social media, according to reports from Al Jazeera.
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Difficulty drones from Israelis flew over several villages in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to local media reports. On Monday afternoon, one drone launched a bomb on the town of Aitaroun, and the other targeted a house in Houmin al-Fauqa. In those attacks, no injuries were reported.
Since November 27 when the ceasefire was supposed to end Israel’s and Hezbollah conflict, which had been causing nearly two months of cross-border attacks, more than 150 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon. More than 4, 000 people were killed by Israel’s war against Lebanon, Hezbollah’s military might was reduced, and its top leaders were eliminated.
violations of the ceasefire
Israel was instructed to withdraw all of its forces from Lebanese territory under the ceasefire, but it is still stationed in Lebanon’s vicinity of at least five positions.
NNA reported a “series” of raids on Sunday between the Medena Plain, Kfar Rumman, and Jarmaq, with other strikes aimed at Mahmoudiya and Jarmaq. A home in Humin was also the subject of a drone strike.
Five people, including three children, were killed earlier this month when an Israeli bomb targeted the southern city of Bint Jbeil. Israel’s military claimed the attack targeted a Hezbollah member, while Lebanon’s ministry of public health confirmed the deaths and stated in a statement that “several uninvolved civilians were killed.”
Hezbollah should first disarm, according to Israel, which has rejected the Lebanese organization’s request to withdraw from Lebanese territory.
Pressure to disarm
After the devastating airstrikes of the previous year that resulted in the death of Hassan Nasrallah, the country claims that Israel’s air strikes are intended to stop Hezbollah from regaining its military strength.
Hezbollah is also being increasingly under increasing political and diplomatic pressure to disarm. Hezbollah, which launched its attacks against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza and killed more than 66, 000 people during Israel’s two-year conflict, is now pressing Israel and its closest ally, the United States.
The Lebanese government gave the army the task of creating a disarmament plan on September 5.
The US special envoy for Syrian affairs, Tom Barrack, claimed that any disarmament effort is more complicated because of Hezbollah’s fervent political influence.
The Lebanese government’s “diplomatic mission” is to persuade Hezbollah to abandon its weapons, he said, adding that the United States is not interested in pressuring anyone.
However, earlier this month, the US Department of Defense announced a $ 14.2 million donation to the Lebanese army to aid its “degrade Hezbollah” operation, citing the administration’s plan to combat Iranian-backed armed groups in the area.
Hezbollah, however, has refuted any notions that it will surrender its weapons, claiming that Lebanon is being weakened by US and Israeli pressure.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem assured the crowds in Beirut on Saturday that despite severe losses, the organization would continue to operate its military.
Source: Aljazeera
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