Israel confirms attack on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
We reported earlier based on various Lebanese media reports that an Israeli air raid struck the town of Shmestar in northeastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and a drone hit the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in the south of the country.
Now, the Israeli military says its Air Force “struck and dismantled underground Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in which weapons were stored in the area of Bekaa and southern Lebanon”.
That will be the same excuse to keep on carrying out strikes on Gaza. No proof needed, just say terror tunnel and the western media will agree.
Hezbollah urges Lebanese gov’t to do more to curb Israeli attacks
The armed group’s parliamentary bloc, Loyalty to the Resistance, says it has become clear that Israel’s daily strikes in Lebanon aim to prevent reconstruction in the south of the country after last year’s devastating assault by Israel.
The Israeli military has been frequently targeting construction equipment and assassinating engineers in south Lebanon, and the Hezbollah-affiliated lawmakers called on the Lebanese government to “redouble its efforts” to stop the attacks.
“The government can mobilise its diplomacy across the world and mobilise its international friendships to condemn the Zionist enemy and its crimes against Lebanon and its citizens,” the bloc said in a statement.
It welcomed the complaint Lebanon submitted at the UN about Israeli strikes that targeted a heavy machinery dealership last week, but said more must be done.
The Lebanese government issued a decree earlier this year to disarm Hezbollah, but the group has refused to give up its weapons, arguing that they are necessary to protect Lebanon against Israeli expansionism.
Israel claims responsibility for attacks on civilian sites in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military says its forces struck a quarry “a short while ago” in the village of Mazraat Sinai in southern Lebanon, claiming the civilian site was being used by the Hezbollah armed group “to rebuild and re-establish its assets and terrorist infrastructure”.
The army also acknowledged an attack on another civilian infrastructure used by Green Without Borders, an environmental organisation, claiming the site was used “to conceal terrorist activity aimed at rebuilding Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, under a civilian guise”.
