Israeli military fires towards town in southern Lebanon: Report
Israeli forces are “firing heavily” towards the outskirts of the town of Aitaroun, near Israel’s border in southern Lebanon, the Palestinian Information Center reports.
No casualties have been reported so far. The Israeli military is yet to comment on the attack.
Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah member in air raid on Lebanon
The Israeli army says in a statement that its jets carried out an attack in the Hermel region of northeastern Lebanon overnight, killing Muhammad Mahdi Ali Shaheen.
The army claimed he had been involved in coordinating procurement of weapons near the Syrian-Lebanese border since the beginning of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in November 2024.
Lebanon’s new PM calls for ‘full Israeli withdrawal’ while visiting border areas
Lebanon’s new prime minister, Nawaf Salam, has used a tour of areas near the border with Israel that suffered wide destruction during the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war to call for an Israeli withdrawal and promised residents of border villages a safe return to their homes and reconstruction.
Salam’s visit came two days after his government won a vote of confidence in parliament, where members of Hezbollah’s bloc voted in favour of the new administration’s policy statement, although it said that only the national army has the right defends the country in case of war.
“This is the first real working day of the government. We salute the army and its martyrs,” Salam said in the southern port city of Tyre while meeting residents of the border village of Dheira. “We promise you a safe return to your homes as soon as possible.”
The government is committed to the reconstruction of destroyed homes, which “is not a promise but a personal commitment by myself and the government,” Salam added.
Israel withdrew its troops from much of the border area earlier this month, but left five outlooking posts inside Lebanon, in what Lebanese officials called a violation of the US-brokered ceasefire that came into effect on November 27 last year, ending the war.
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