Israeli strikes target in eastern Lebanon
Al Jazeera Arabic and several local news outlets report Israeli bombardment around the village of Jennata in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border.
The same area was also targeted by Israel last week.
Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah site in Lebanon
We reported earlier that Israel has launched strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
Now, the Israeli military has confirmed the attack, saying that it targeted “infrastructure at a site for the production and storage of strategic weapons” by Hezbollah.
Israel has been regularly carrying out attacks in Lebanon despite the ceasefire it reached with Hezbollah in November of last year.
Israeli occupation an ‘assault’ on Lebanese sovereignty, says PM
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says Israel’s continuing military occupation of parts of south Lebanon is an “assault on our sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
Salam said during an Iftar meal that the Lebanese army will continue to deploy in south Lebanon and cooperate with UN peacekeepers, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
He added that the country will “double down” on its political and diplomatic efforts to garner Arab and international support to pressure Israel to complete its withdrawal.
In an implicit reference to Hezbollah, Nawaf also said one of the government’s top priorities is to “reclaim war and peace decisions” and to exclusively hold weapons.
