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Israeli military says forces fired warning shots in southern Lebanon
Israeli soldiers have discharged warning shots in multiple areas of southern Lebanon after detecting threats posed by approaching suspects, the military has said.
The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that the death toll from Israeli fire on villages in southern Lebanon has risen to 11, with 83 wounded so far, as people were trying to return to their homes.
The military said several suspects, who allegedly posed an imminent threat to troops, were apprehended and are being questioned, without providing further details.
Israeli military accuses Hezbollah of sending ‘rioters’ to south Lebanon
The Israeli army has blamed Hezbollah for its deadly attacks in southern Lebanon, saying the group sent “rioters” into the area to cause trouble.
“Hezbollah does not care about Lebanon’s interests. The images coming from certain areas in southern Lebanon are evidence of this,” a statement said. “The defeated party is using all its media outlets to challenge Lebanese interests and divert attention from the sin of its leaders who brought southern Lebanon to this reality.”
Troops fired warning shots to “remove threats in a number of areas where suspects were identified approaching”. Many suspects in proximity to Israeli troops were apprehended and are being questioned, it added.
“The one who sent the rioters is Hezbollah, which is trying to heat up the situation in order to strengthen its status and position.”
Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 11 and injuring more than 80.
‘However much they destroy, we will rebuild’
In the village of Aita al-Shaab, families wandered over flattened concrete structures looking for remnants of the homes they left behind in southern Lebanon. No Israeli forces were present.
“These are our houses,” said Hussein Bajouk, one of the returning residents. “However much they destroy, we will rebuild.”
Bajouk added he’s convinced former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs in September, is really still alive. “I don’t know how much we’re going to wait, another month or two months… but the Sayyed will come out and speak,” he said, using an honorific for Nasrallah.
About 112,000 Lebanese remain displaced out of more than one million forced from their homes during the war.
Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon kills 15
Israeli soldiers killed 15 people in south Lebanon as a deadline for Israeli withdrawal passed and thousands of people tried to return to their homes, in defiance of Israeli military orders.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 15 people were killed and another 83 wounded in numerous locations in the south, as a result of what it described as Israeli attacks on citizens while they were trying to enter their still-occupied towns.
The top UN official in Lebanon and the head of the UN peacekeepers in the south said conditions are “not yet in place” for the safe return of Lebanese citizens to villages near the border.
Frustrated Lebanese ask ‘where is the army?’
Israel was supposed to withdraw its troops from Lebanese territory before a 60-day deadline early on Sunday, part of the ceasefire that ended last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Supporters of Hezbollah – which has been seriously weakened militarily – are questioning the Lebanese army’s ability to protect them.
“Where is the army command? Why doesn’t it give an order to its troops to lead the way so we can enter our villages? Hezbollah has stepped aside and given the responsibility to the Lebanese army to act,” said Zaynab Hashem, a resident of Kfar Kila.
The Lebanese army was to deploy to the area alongside United Nations peacekeepers. Army commanders blame the presence of Israeli troops for delaying the deployment of Lebanese soldiers to southern villages.
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