Israeli army says it struck southern Lebanon
In a brief statement on X, the Israeli army has said it detected “terrorist activity” at what it claimed was a facility belonging to Hezbollah that hosts medium-range rockets in southern Lebanon.
“The threat was thwarted by a fighter jet attack”, the army said, adding that its forces are deployed in south Lebanon “acting and thwarting” what it terms to be violations of the ceasefire that went into effect early yesterday.
This is one of several incidents today and yesterday in which Israeli forces fired on locations in southern Lebanon.
Yeah this is just a one sided ceasefire, Israel just does whatever it wants.
Israeli military again restricts movement of people in south Lebanon
Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s head Arabic-language spokesperson, has issued new warnings to people in southern Lebanon. In a post on X, he said the following:
- It is strictly forbidden to move or travel south of the Litani River starting from 5pm (14:00 GMT) until 7am (04:00 GMT) tomorrow.
- Those south of the Litani River must remain where they are.
Israel has fired on people in southern Lebanon several times since the ceasefire between it and Hezbollah went into effect yesterday. Most of the incidents appear to have involved people of vehicles approaching zones Israeli unilaterally designated as “restricted”.
Lebanon death toll from Israeli attacks nears 4,000
Another 78 people were killed across Lebanon on Tuesday and 266 were wounded, according to the country’s health ministry.
This brings the death toll since the start of the war on Gaza and before the ceasefire early Wednesday to 3,961 people, it said, adding that 16,520 people were injured.
At least 248 children and 736 women have been killed, with Tuesday’s death toll mostly coming as a result of Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon. At least 222 health workers have been killed since October last year, with 330 others wounded and 94 hospitals impacted by attacks.
Lebanese army accuses Israel of violating ceasefire
The Lebanese army says Israeli forces have violated the new ceasefire agreement “several times” since Wednesday.
On Wednesday and Thursday, “after the ceasefire agreement was announced, the Israeli enemy violated the agreement several times, through air violations and targeting Lebanese territory with various weapons,” the army said on X.
It added that it was “following up” on the violations with the relevant authorities.
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