Hezbollah preparing for resumption of war with Israel
Military analyst Elijah Magnier says what’s happening in Lebanon “could potentially become a limited but deliberate Israeli military campaign on the country that “pushes boundaries” without provoking a full-scale response.
Israel wants to push the government to the negotiating table and “force Lebanon to do something that they want to do, which is to normalise relations with Israel, which is considered an enemy state”.
“Israel has the full power today to do whatever it wants without accountability, and it has [US] President Donald Trump, unlike President Joe Biden, fully on its side and with the support of Benjamin Netanyahu’s agenda in Lebanon, in Syria, in Gaza, in the [occupied] West Bank,” he told Al Jazeera.
“So Israel has been rearmed by the Americans to pursue this objective, and Hezbollah is taking benefit from the ceasefire to reorganise itself, close the holes … change the objective from being a regional army to become a national or domestic force.”
Israeli forces open fire at Lebanese village
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli troops have been firing at eastern neighbourhoods in the border village of Kfarchouba, damaging homes and cars.
Israeli troops fire at French peacekeepers in south Lebanon: Reports
Several Lebanese news outlets report that Israeli soldiers have opened fire at a French infantry unit serving in the UN peacekeeping force, UNIFIL.
Lebanon’s National News Agency said the French troops were inspecting a dirt mound that Israeli troops had put up near the border village of Rmaish.
