Hezbollah politician: Every Israeli assault on Lebanon justifies retaliation
The ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel is “meaningless” amid continued Israeli hostilities, Hezbollah politician Ali Fayyad says, adding that any Israeli aggression against Lebanon gives Hezbollah the right to respond.
Commenting on the announcement of a three-week extension to the ceasefire, Fayyad told the Lebanese daily newspaper An-Nahar: “Every Israeli assault on Lebanon grants the resistance the right to retaliate.”
He said that practically, the current arrangement pushes Lebanon towards ceasefire compliance while imposing no obligations, even minimal ones, on Israel, a situation he said Hezbollah rejects and will confront.
UNIFIL says soldier dies of wounds sustained in southern Lebanon
The UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says an Indonesian soldier wounded in an attack last month has died. Corporal Rico Pramudia was injured when a projectile hit the UN base in Adchit Al Qusayr on March 29.
Another soldier was killed in the attack. UNIFIL said then that it did not know who carried it out.
“We demand from all actors that they uphold their obligations under international law and ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property at all times. Deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are grave violations of international humanitarian law and of Security Council resolution 1701, and may amount to war crimes”, the organisation said.
UNIFIL in the past has strongly condemned Israel for its attacks on UN peacekeeping bases, both during this most recent war and between Israel and Hezbollah in 2024.
Israeli army destroys houses in towns of Khiam, Kherbet Selem and Tulin in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army has blown up houses in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, several kilometres north of the Israeli border, according to our colleagues on the ground.
The Israeli military says it struck buildings in the towns of Kherbet Selem and Tulin in southern Lebanon. A social media post claimed that the buildings were being used by the Lebanese group Hezbollah to “plot” against Israel, without offering any proof.







