The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is already under threat after an attack in a border village in southern Lebanon, and an airstrike on a Hezbollah facility
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24 hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force, Israel claimed to have carried out an airstrike against a Hezbollah installation in southern Lebanon this Thursday afternoon.
According to the Israeli army press release, the army would have “identified terrorist activity” In “a facility used by Hezbollah to store medium-range rockets in southern Lebanon”and would then “thwarted the threat” with a military plane.
Israeli shooting in southern Lebanon border village earlier
Earlier on Thursday, the ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah earlier this week had already been violated, with Lebanon saying that Israeli tanks had attacked areas in the south of the country, threatening the truce that had just been concluded. to start.
At least two people were injured by Israeli fire in a southern Lebanese border village of Markaba, according to state media.
In a statement, Israeli authorities said that “Several suspects were identified as they arrived in vehicles in a number of areas of southern Lebanon, violating the conditions of the ceasefire.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) then “opened fire in their direction” and will use “actively enforcing violations of the ceasefire agreement”according to the press release.
Its forces will gradually withdraw, Israel said, warning that it reserved the right to strike Hezbollah if it violated the terms of the truce.
Lebanon’s national news agency said Israel fired artillery shells at three other locations near the border, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Nighttime curfew in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had imposed a nighttime curfew on the population in southern Lebanon.
Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee told the social network “strictly prohibited from moving or traveling south of the Litani River from 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. tomorrow” Friday. He invites people located south of the river to “stay where they are”.
The ceasefire agreement
A long-negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday, allowing residents on both sides to return home after 14 months of fighting.
The agreement, brokered by the United States and France, includes an initial 60-day ceasefire during which Hezbollah militants are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces return to their side of the border.
Lebanese troops and United Nations peacekeeping forces would then patrol the buffer zone.
A Lebanese military official said soldiers would gradually deploy to the south as Israeli troops withdraw.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began the day after Hamas launched an attack from Gaza on October 7, when the Lebanon-based military group began firing rockets, drones and missiles into Israel.
Israel responded with airstrikes as the conflict steadily escalated before escalating into all-out war in September this year.
ADVERTISEMENTAccording to Lebanese health authorities, more than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict. The fighting has killed more than 70 people in Israel, including many civilians, as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
