The Israeli army announced that it had launched strikes on southern Lebanon on Monday evening, December 2, in response to Hezbollah's mortar fire on an Israeli position near the Lebanese border earlier in the day.
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The Israeli army said in a statement that the strikes targeted “terrorist targets”.
| Photo taken on November 20, 2024 shows smoke caused by Israeli airstrikes in Khiam, Lebanon. |
| Photo : AFP/VNA/CVN |
According to Israeli television channel Channel 12, the strikes hit the town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon. Photos circulating on social media showed a large plume of smoke rising above buildings in the targeted area.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Monday, December 2 for a mortar attack against Israeli military positions in Ruwaisat al-Alam, in the Kfarchouba hills, in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese armed group described the attack as a measure of retaliation for “repeated Israeli violations” of the ceasefire agreement which began last week.
Also on Monday, the Lebanese Red Cross and official sources reported that four people were killed and three others injured in Israeli attacks on the municipality of Talloussah, the town of Marjeyoun and the village of Aainata, in southern Lebanon. .
Israeli drones also flew low over Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, reported a Xinhua correspondent on the spot.
A ceasefire brokered by the United States and France took effect on November 27 to end nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Under the deal, the two sides agreed to a 60-day cessation of hostilities, with Israel gradually withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah retreating north of the Litani River.
Xinhua/VNA/CVN
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