The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Naïm Qassem, pledged on Friday November 29 to cooperate with the Lebanese army, responsible for ensuring respect for the ceasefire with Israel. The truce, which ended more than a year of cross-border hostilities and two months of open war between the two belligerents, is already being tested: the Israeli army announced on Friday that it had carried out an air strike against the Pro-Iranian Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Here's what to remember from this new day.
Hezbollah leader pledges to cooperate with army to respect ceasefire
The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Naïm Qassem, affirmed that his formation had achieved “a great victory”in his first speech since the ceasefire with Israel which inflicted heavy losses on his movement. He emphasized that “the enemy was unable to achieve his objectives“. “We won, because we prevented the enemy from destroying Hezbollah, and from annihilating the Resistance or weakening it”he added.
The head of the organization, who succeeded Hassan Nasrallah, killed on September 27 in an Israeli strike, pledged to cooperate with the Lebanese army, responsible for implementing the agreement. Sponsored by the United States and France, the ceasefire agreement provides for the withdrawal within 60 days of the Israeli army from Lebanon.
Israeli army announces airstrike against Hezbollah
The Israeli army announced that it had carried out an airstrike against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. “Recently, terrorist activities and the movement of a mobile rocket launcher were detected in southern Lebanon”explained in a press release the Israeli army which also published on X a video showing an attack on a slowly driving truck.
Israeli soldiers also opened fire Friday on residents of southern Lebanon during a funeral in a border village, according to the Lebanese news agency Ani.
Gaza Civil Defense announces 15 dead in two Israeli strikes
The Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip announced the death of at least 15 people in two strikes in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Palestinian territory, where the Israeli army has been carrying out a major offensive for almost two months.
The homes of the Baba and Ahmed families have been hit in the last 24 hours by Israeli strikes and “we were only able to recover ten bodies”Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told AFP. According to him, 65 bodies are “still under the rubble” of the two houses targeted. The Hamas government's Health Ministry for Gaza also announced a new death toll of 44,363 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel more than a year ago.
UN says Gaza has descended into anarchy
The Gaza Strip has descended into anarchy, with rising famine, widespread looting and increasing rapes in refugee camps, as law and order has collapsed, officials said of the United Nations. The extent of the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza “must be seen to be truly understood”said Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN human rights office in the Palestinian Territories, after his latest visit to Gaza.
“I was particularly alarmed by the level of hunger”he said during a press briefing in Geneva, by videoconference from Amman. “The breakdown of public order and security is exacerbating the situation, with widespread looting and struggles over scarce resources,” he added.
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