Israel admits another attack on Lebanon as UN reports 71 killed since ceasefire
The Israeli army has acknowledged it launched an attack on southern Lebanon on Tuesday night, claiming the attack was targeting Hezbollah.
In a post on X, the army accused Hezbollah of “cynically exploiting civilian infrastructure” and “using the residents of Lebanon as human shields”.
The latest attack comes after the office of the UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that Israeli forces have killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon since the beginning of a ceasefire with Hezbollah in November.
Israeli drone strike kills one in Lebanon: Health Ministry
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least one person was killed and another injured in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a vehicle in Wadi Hujair, southern Lebanon.
It was the second attack of its kind in 24 hours.
Yesterday, one person was killed and three others injured in a drone strike that hit a car in Aitaroun, a village along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel.
Israel continues to strike regularly at what it claims are Hezbollah targets despite a ceasefire that ended more than a year of hostilities coming into force in late November.
One killed in Israeli air attack in southern Lebanon
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that one person was killed and another injured in an Israeli air attack on Hanine in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon says Israel hinders Lebanese army’s full deployment in the south
“The Lebanese army is fully performing its duty in southern Lebanon in accordance with Resolution 1701, but the ongoing Israeli occupation hinders the completion of its deployment, especially in light of the repeated attacks, as happened today,” according to a statement from the Lebanese Presidency.
The statement comes after Israeli drone strikes killed at least two people in southern Lebanon in the past two days, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
According to a ceasefire signed in November between Hezbollah and Israel, which ended more than a year of war, both parties agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon and leave the area to be controlled by the Lebanese army. However, Israel only partially pulled out its troops from the country’s south, leaving soldiers in at least five locations.
Earlier today, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military would remain in a so-called “security zone” in Lebanon, as well as Gaza and Syria, indefinitely.
