At least one killed by Israeli strike near Sidon in southern Lebanon

One person was killed in an Israeli attack on a vehicle near Sidon, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, while Israel announced that an Hezbollah operative had been the target of another attack in the same area.

Israel has continued to launch nearly daily strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire in November last year that sought to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran.

On Friday, the fourth day of Israeli attacks in the south, a statement from the Health Ministry read, “The Israeli enemy carried out an attack against a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road resulted in one fatality.”

A pillar of black smoke exploded into the sky as a result of the Israeli attack, according to an AFP journalist.

After firefighters extinguished the blaze, members of the security forces stood guard as a crowd assembled to examine the burned-out vehicle’s remains.

Later, Israel’s military claimed to have killed a Hezbollah member in the area.

According to a military statement, “The IAF]Israeli air force] conducted a precise strike in the area of Sidon earlier today [Friday] and defeated Hezbollah terrorist Muhammad Jaafar Mannah Asaad Abdallah.”

According to the statement, Abdallah was “responsible, among other things, for the deployment of Hezbollah’s communication systems throughout Lebanon.”

Additionally, the Israeli military claimed to be responsible for other Hezbollah-related attacks this week.

Since the ceasefire, there have been at least ten deaths of civilians.

Even though Israeli attacks continue, Hezbollah claims to be adhering to the November ceasefire despite being significantly weakened by the conflict.

Since the ceasefire, according to the UN, Israeli forces have killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon.

14 women and nine children were among the deaths reported on Tuesday, according to Thameen al-Kheetan, a UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson. He demanded that “every military action where civilians are killed” be investigated.

Hezbollah was ordered to withdraw all of its forces from south of Lebanon in accordance with the November ceasefire, and Israel was ordered to do so by removing all of its military installations. However, Israeli troops have continued to patrol five “strategic” positions in South Lebanon despite the agreement.

In areas where Israeli forces have backed down, Lebanon’s army has been stationed in the south near the border. According to Joseph Aoun, president of Lebanon, the army is “disassembling tunnels, warehouses, and seizing weapons bases” south of the Litani “without any problem from Hezbollah,” according to Aoun.

If Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon and stops its attacks, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters news agency on Thursday that the organization is prepared to discuss its weapons with the Lebanese president.

A Hezbollah official also stated on Friday that the organization categorically opposed handing over its weapons to the Lebanon’s army without Israel withdrew completely from the south and put an end to its “aggression.”

“Wouldn’t it be logical for Israel to first withdraw, then release the prisoners, then stop its aggression, and then we discuss a defensive plan””? Wafiq Safa stated this in an interview with Al Nur Radio in the Hezbollah.