Lebanon accuses Israel of “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement, the Hebrew state denies

France called on “all parties” to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon, which entered into force on November 27.

The President of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, ally of Hezbollah, accused Israel, Monday, December 2, of “violation flagrante” ceasefire with the pro-Iranian movement, “at least 54 times”after Israeli strikes targeted an army post and a border village. He called on the committee overseeing the truce, which includes the United States and France, “to urgently take action and force Israel to stop its violations and withdraw” of Lebanese territory.

The head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, insisted Monday to his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar on “the need for all parties to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon”according to a press release from his ministry. For his part, Gideon Saar rejected these accusations. “We hear that Israel is violating the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon” entered into force on November 27. “On the contrary, Israel enforces it”he said in a press release.

Lebanese territory has been bombed several times by Israel since the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into force, which for its part has not claimed a response. On Monday, an Israeli drone targeted a Lebanese army post in Hermel, a region of the Bekaa plain in eastern Lebanon, far from the border with Israel, injuring one soldier, according to the 'army.

A man was also killed by an Israeli drone strike on the village of Marjeyoun, near the border in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The national news agency ANI said the man was riding a motorcycle. The Israeli army claimed to have “targeted military vehicles operating in the area of ​​a Hezbollah missile manufacturing site in the Bekaa”.

She added that she “hit terrorist infrastructure sites used for arms smuggling near the Syrian-Lebanese border in the Hermel region”and declared “investigate” on the circumstances in which the Lebanese soldier was injured. She also claimed to have conducted “several strikes in response to Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon region”.