France tells Israel all sides must abide by Lebanon ceasefire
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has told his Israeli counterpart the truce that started last week between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah should be respected by all sides.
Barrot spoke to Gideon Saar by phone, the French Foreign Ministry said.
Israel not violating ceasefire with Lebanon, says foreign minister
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says he told his French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, that Israel was not “violating the ceasefire understandings but rather enforcing them in response to Hezbollah’s violations”.
“The presence of Hezbollah operatives south of the Litani [River] is a fundamental violation of the agreement and they must move north,” he added.
Lebanese soldier wounded in Israeli attack
An Israeli drone hit a bulldozer of the Lebanese army that was carrying out “fortification work” at a military base in the northeastern Hermel area close to the Lebanon-Syria border.
The attack “resulted in one soldier being moderately injured”, the Lebanese army said on X.
Israeli air raid kills 1 in southern Lebanon
The attack took place in Marjayoun, a town in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. In a separate incident earlier today, an Israeli jet struck a bulldozer of the Lebanese army in Hermel close to the Lebanon-Syria border, wounding one of its soldiers.
The attacks come less than a week after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire, putting a halt to more than a year of war.
Israeli army says it struck Hezbollah targets
The Israeli military says it attacked vehicles operating in the vicinity of military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon’s eastern region of Bekaa.
Troops also attacked military vehicles used to transfer weapons near the border between Syria and Lebanon in Hermel, the Israeli military said in a statement, acknowledging that a Lebanese soldier was injured in one of its attacks.
Earlier today, the Lebanese army reported that one of its soldiers was injured in an Israeli drone attack on a bulldozer carrying out fortification work at a military base in the border area.
The Israeli army made no mention of the person killed in the southern town of Marjayoun.
One security personnel killed in Israeli attack: Lebanese authorities
Lebanon’s state security says an Israeli drone attack killed a member of its force while he was on duty in Nabatieh – 12km (7 miles) from the border.
State security called it a “flagrant violation” of the truce, according to Reuters.
The Israeli military has reportedly conducted attacks on Lebanon in the last few days after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire that started on Wednesday, putting a halt to more than a year of war.
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