Israel bombs southern Lebanon
Israeli forces have blown up houses and bulldozed roads overnight in the villages of Aita al-Shaab, Hanine and Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
The agency also reported “a bombing operation” carried out by Israel in the village of Markaba in the Marjayoun district of Nabatieh.
Israeli bombardment reported in southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that the Israeli army has shelled an area on the outskirts of the village of Kfarchouba, which borders Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.
An Israeli force also advanced towards Maroun al-Ras near the town of Bint Jbeil in violation of the fragile ceasefire reached with Hezbollah in November, the agency said.
Hezbollah has said it is giving the Lebanese government space to address Israel’s breaches through diplomatic channels, but the group’s leaders have warned that it may eventually respond to Israel’s attacks.
The ceasefire stipulates that Israeli forces must fully withdraw from Lebanon by January 25.
Israeli military claims to have seized 3,300 weapons in Syria
Since the fall of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in mid-December last year, Israeli forces pressing into Syria have taken more than 3,300 pieces of weaponry, according to Israel’s military.
The weapons include army tanks, antitank and RPG launchers, shells mortars, mortar bombs, surveillance equipment and other arms, according to the military.
Across all combat zones in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, Israel’s military says it has taken 170,000 weapons and other items.
An Israeli military vehicle drives on the Syrian side of the ceasefire line, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on January 6
Israel bombs military convoy of new Syrian authorities
Al Jazeera Arabic reports that at least one person was killed and several others were injured when Israel targeted a military convoy of the new Syrian authorities on the outskirts of Quneitra near the occupied Golan Heights.
The Israeli military had confirmed in a statement that it fired at vehicles carrying “weapons and ammunition” in the area.
Israel has been relentlessly bombing Syrian military and civilian infrastructure and further advancing into the country’s territory since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government last month.
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