The Lebanese army affirmed this Thursday that Israel “violated” the ceasefire “several times”, less than two days after it came into force.
Will the ceasefire in Lebanon hold? The Lebanese army denounced the violation of the agreement by the “Israeli enemy” this Thursday, November 28. On X, Lebanese military authorities claim that Israel has “repeatedly violated the agreement, through aerial violations and by targeting Lebanese territory with various weapons.”
“The army command is following these violations in coordination with the competent authorities,” wrote the Lebanese Army on their X account.
For its part, the IDF claims to have identified “a number of suspicious actions constituting a threat to the State of Israel on the part of the terrorist organization Hezbollah”. The Israeli army “identified two terrorists who arrived at a known terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon” before carrying out a strike to “counter the threat”.
This Wednesday morning, Lebanon denounced Israeli attacks in the south of the country, before Israel claimed to have struck a Hezbollah installation.
Ceasefire conditional on “what happens in Lebanon” for Netanyahu
The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect this Wednesday at 4 a.m. (3 a.m. in France). The day before, Israel approved this agreement, reached with the support of French and American diplomacy. The ceasefire provides for a gradual departure of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. At the same time, Hezbollah must withdraw north of the Litani River, around 20 kilometers from the border. The Lebanese army is supposed to invest the border strip between Israel and Lebanon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that the duration of the ceasefire was conditional on “what happens in Lebanon”.
“We maintain complete freedom of military action. If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack,” the Israeli leader said on Tuesday.
It has been a little over a year since the Hebrew State and the Islamist movement clashed, with Hezbollah having decided to open a new front in northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas.
The fighting increased in intensity at the end of September when the IDF began daily bombing of southern Lebanon and the suburbs of Beirut, killing several Hezbollah officials including Hassan Nasrallah. Then, on September 30, the Israeli army launched a ground incursion into the south of the country. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the fighting left nearly 4,000 dead.
