Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah, on Monday accused Israel of “blatant violation” of the ceasefire with the pro-Iranian movement, after Israeli strikes targeted an army post and a border village.
In a statement, Berri, who played a leading role in the negotiations leading to the truce, said Israel had violated at least 54 times
the ceasefire agreement entered into force on November 27.
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
said a press release from his ministry.
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The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, participated in the negotiations that led to the truce.
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Bombings continue despite truce
Several Israeli strikes have targeted Lebanon since the ceasefire came into force between Israel and Hezbollah, which for its part has not announced 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 Health Ministry said.
The national information agency (Ani, official) specified that the man was riding a motorcycle.
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An Israeli representative to the United Nations had already announced that the Jewish state would reserve the capacity to strike southern Lebanon, regardless of the agreement. (Archive photo)
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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 indicated investigate
on the circumstances in which the Lebanese soldier was injured.
She also claimed to have conducted multiple strikes in response to Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon region
.
Israel still has “complete freedom of military action” in Lebanon
Sponsored by the United States and France, the ceasefire agreement, which ended two months of open war between the belligerents, provides for the withdrawal within 60 days of the Israeli army from Lebanon , where it entered from the south on September 23, a week after launching a massive aerial bombardment campaign against Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, for its part, must retreat to the north of the Litani River, around 30 kilometers from the border, and dismantle its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Israel said it reserved complete freedom of military action
in Lebanon if Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to rearm
.
The formation opened hostilities by launching a support front
to Palestinian Hamas after its unprecedented attack against southern Israel, which triggered the ongoing war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
