‘As if it doesn’t exist’: Hezbollah dismisses Lebanon gov’t disarmament decree
Hezbollah has rejected a decision by the Lebanese government directing the army to formulate a plan remove the group’s weapons, calling it a “major mistake”.
“We will deal with this decision as if it doesn’t exist,” Hezbollah said in a statement.
The decree, announced by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, amounted to an official rejection by the Lebanese government to Hezbollah’s military presence in the country. It re-asserted that only the state will have the right to have arms.
It also put the Lebanese army on a potential course to clash with Hezbollah, which could lead to a civil war.
Hezbollah said the decision is dictated by the US and only serves Israel’s interests.
“This decision topples the sovereignty of Lebanon and releases the hand of Israel to ravage its security, geography, politics and future existence,” the group said.
Hezbollah added that it would be willing to discuss a defence strategy to end “Israeli aggression” in Lebanon, liberate its land, free the country’s captives in Israel and build a Lebanese state, but not while under Israel’s attacks.
It said Israel must first adhere to the ceasefire agreement reached in November of last year.
“And to our honourable people we say: This is a summer cloud that will pass,” Hezbollah said.
Israeli attack on southern Lebanon kills one child, wounds father
An Israeli drone strike targeting the southern Lebanese town of Tulin has killed a child and injured his father, Al-Akhbar publication reports.
Lebanon’s National News Agency also said that Israeli jets dropped four bombs over the Wazzani River in the southeast of the country.
Israel drops leaflets against local Hezbollah official in south Lebanon
The Israeli military has dropped leaflets in the Lebanese border village of Meiss el-Jabal, accusing a local Hezbollah official of looking after his own interests at the expense of the town. The flyer also suggested that Hezbollah is preventing reconstruction in the south.
The Israeli military has been carrying out attacks across Lebanon almost daily and targeting people returning to their border villages and trying to rebuild their homes.
Israel carrying out wave of air strikes in Lebanon
Lebanese media outlets report that Israeli jets are launching attacks in southern Lebanon. Strikes have targeted the villages of Eastern Zawtar and Deir Siriane, according to the reports.
According to Lebanese media reports, the most intense bombardment is taking place in the village of Deir Siriane in the eastern sector of the border. The Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV said three Israeli missiles hit a single site in the village.
Al Jadeed TV reported that ambulances are trying to reach the area with the Israeli strikes still ongoing.
Ambulances unable to reach site targeted in south Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that ambulances are struggling to reach a site repeatedly targeted by Israel in the village of Deir Siriane due to ongoing Israeli attacks.
The agency also said that Israeli air raids targeted several other towns, including Aadchit al-Qsair.
A video of the attack on Deir Siriane shared on social media and verified by Al Jazeera showed a fireball light up in the night sky after one of the strikes.
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