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Ya Libnan
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Ya Libnan
Israel conducts deadly strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
Shiite worshippers walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed by previous Israeli strikes during a religious procession in Kfarkila in southern Lebanon on July 5, 2025. © Rabih Daher, AFP Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed one person and wounded six on Saturday, said the Lebanese health ministry, as the Israeli military continued to target militant group Hezbollah despite a November 2024 ceasefire deal. Beirut- Lebanon said one person was killed and six wounded on Saturday in a series of Israeli strikes in the south despite a ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah . An 'Israeli enemy drone strike on a vehicle' in the town of Bint Jbeil 'killed one person and wounded two', Lebanon's health ministry said in a statement carried by the official National News Agency (NNA). The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces 'struck and eliminated' an operative from Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in the area. The health ministry also reported one person wounded in a drone strike on another car in the same town, and two others seriously wounded in a similar raid on a vehicle in nearby Shaqra. Also on Saturday, the ministry reported that a separate Israeli drone strike wounded one person in Shebaa, elsewhere in the south, with NNA reporting that a house was targeted. Israel has kept up its bombardment of Lebanon since a November 27 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah including two months of all-out war that left the Iran-backed group severely weakened. On Thursday, an Israeli strike on a vehicle at the southern entrance of Beirut killed a man and wounded three other people, Lebanon said, as the Israeli army said it hit a 'terrorist' working for Iran'.'s Al Quds Force, the foreign arm of Irans's Revolutionary Guards Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country, but has kept them in five places it deems strategic. Israel has warned that it will keep striking Lebanon until Hezbollah has been disarmed. Under UN Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1701, on which the ceasefire was based all militias in Lebanon including Hezbollah should be disarmed and the Lebanese army should be reinforced in order to restore sovereignty and the rule of law. Leban ese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday ordered the arrest of armed men , suspected to be supporters of Hezbollah , who took part in a religious gathering in Beirut on Friday They were dressed in black and were carrying automatic weapons and carrying red banners that said 'Ya Hussein'. The display of arms outraged the Lebanese people The Prime Minister said 'armed demonstrations in Beirut are unacceptable under any pretext, shape or form'. AFP/ France24/YL
IOL News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
UN peacekeepers say Israel hit Lebanon base with 'direct fire'
This pictures taken from the southern Lebanese district of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing from the site of Israeli airstrikes on the hills of the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh. Image: Rabih Daher/ AFP The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon protested on Wednesday at "direct fire" by the Israeli military at one of its positions, the first since a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. UNIFIL sits on the international committee created to supervise the ceasefire agreement that kicked in on November 27 and ended more than two months of all-out war between Israel and the pro-Iranian militant group. In a statement, UNIFIL said it was "concerned by the recent aggressive posture of the Israel Defense Forces involving UNIFIL personnel and assets". That included an "incident in which a direct fire hit the perimeter of a UNIFIL position south of the village of Kfar Shouba", which it said took place on Tuesday. The force said it "observed two shots fired from south of the Blue Line", in reference to the de facto border between Israel and Lebanon. It was the first time since November 27 that Israel has directly hit a UNIFIL position, it said. At the height of the fighting last October, the peacekeeping force accused Israel of having hit its positions or peacekeepers at least 20 times. As well as the "direct hit" on Tuesday, UNIFIL said there were "at least four other incidents involving IDF fire near its positions" and "other aggressive behaviour by the IDF towards peacekeepers performing their operational activities". It said that on Tuesday that peacekeepers patrolling alongside the Lebanese army "reported being targeted by a laser from a nearby IDF position". Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ "UNIFIL protests all such and we continue to remind all actors of their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN assets and premises at all times", the statement read. According to the terms of the ceasefire, the Israeli military is required to withdraw completely from southern Lebanon while Hezbollah must dismantle its military assets in the region and withdraw north of the Litani river. Israel has largely completed its withdrawal, though it insisted on keeping its forces at five points inside Lebanon that it considers strategic and has repeatedly launched strikes inside the country. The ceasefire is based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which requires that UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese army be the only armed bodies in southern Lebanon. Agence France-Presse
