The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had carried out an airstrike against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, two days after the truce with the Lebanese Islamist movement had already been put to the test.
“Recently, terrorist activities and the movement of a mobile rocket launcher were detected in southern Lebanon,” indicates in a press release the Israeli army which also publishes on X a video showing a strike on a truck driving slowly.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect early Wednesday in Lebanon, after more than a year of cross-border hostilities and two months of open warfare between the Israeli army and the Lebanese armed movement backed by Iran.
The truce, valid since 4 a.m. Wednesday (3 a.m. French time), is intended to interrupt the conflict which has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and hundreds of thousands of others in Lebanon to flee their homes.
Sponsored by the United States and France, the ceasefire agreement provides for the withdrawal within 60 days of the Israeli army from Lebanon. Hezbollah, for its part, must retreat to the north of the Litani River, around 30 km from the border, and dismantle its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Israel said it reserves “complete freedom of military action” in Lebanon, “if Hezbollah violates the agreement and attempts to rearm”.
On Friday, the Israeli army opened fire on residents of southern Lebanon who were attending a funeral in a border village where it is still positioned, and the day before, it said it had struck a facility it said was used by Hezbollah to store medium-range rockets.
