Israel strikes a fief of Hezbollah near Beirut, the Lebanese capital targeted for the third time since the break

The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, called the United States and France, guarantors of the cease-fire agreement, to “force” Israel to “immediately stop” his strikes.

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The truce in Lebanon is still as fragile. Israel struck, on Sunday, April 27, the southern suburbs of Beirut for the third time since the cease-fire entered into force on November 27 after more than a year of war between Hezbollah and Israel. The Hebrew state says it has targeted a warehouse “Precision missiles” of the pro-Iranian Islamist movement, accused of “violation flagrante” Truck provisions for storing weapons on this site.

The strike intervened after a call from the Israeli army to evacuate in a way “urgent” The district of Hadathsuggesting a strike on “Installations belonging to Hezbollah”. The Israeli army regularly conducts attacks in Lebanon, saying to target combatants and infrastructures of Hezbollah, very weakened by the war and which claims to respect the ceasefire.

After the strike, the Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, called the United States and France, guarantors of the cease-fire agreement, to “Assume their responsibilities and force Israel to immediately cease their attacks”. He warned against “The pursuit by Israel of its acts of destabilization”which aggravate tensions and risk “Sail the safety and stability of the region”.

The representative of the United Nations for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis, said that the strike had “Sowing panic and fear of resumption of violence among those who desperately aspire to a return to normal”. “We urge all parties to cease any action that may further compromise the agreement to cease hostilities”she added.

On April 1, an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut had killed a Hezbollah official. Another strike had targeted this same sector on March 28, for the first time since the entry into force of the truce.