The initial euphoria begins to dissipate. Silence still remains over the Lebanese skies. The Israeli drone has not reappeared in most of the territory. But that does not mean that everything was as peaceful as promised in the agreement. During the second day of cease-fire decreed early Wednesday morning, the first rapes of the truce. So much Israel like him Lebanon They accuse each other of breaking what was agreed. They could be anecdotal episodes for now, but the Hebrew prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhas not taken long to threaten Hezbollah with a “intensive war in the event of a violation of the ceasefire framework.
One of the points agreed upon, and which has already begun to be applied on the ground, was the Lebanese Army deployment in the south of the country as “the only entities authorized to carry weapons or deploy troops in the area,” according to the text. Hundreds of Lebanese soldiers have arrived in different southern villages between cheers and applause. The population that insists on returning to their homes despite the danger and destruction has filled the devastation with flowers and grains of rice thrown at military vehicles. It has been these same Armed Forces who have denounced violations of the ceasefire by Israel.
“On November 27 and 28, after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, The Israeli enemy violated the pact several timesthrough aerial violations and targeting Lebanese territory with various weapons,” they wrote in X this Thursday. The first air attack took place that same day near Baysariyahnorth of the Litani River. The truce agreement stipulates that unauthorized military installations south of the Litani River must be dismantled, but does not mention those north of the river. For its part, the “Israeli military said that a warplane carried out the attack after detecting”terrorist activity at a Hezbollah facility containing medium-range rockets in southern Lebanon.”
Fire against civilians
Hours earlier, the Hebrew military authorities themselves had confirmed having shot at people who were trying to return to certain areas in the south of the country. For the moment, Israeli troops have not withdrawn from the Lebanese border towns to which many native citizens are trying to return. The ground invasion launched on October 1 allowed them to penetrate up to five kilometers into Lebanese territory in the midst of fierce fighting with members of Hezbollah. This Thursday, Israeli troops opened fire on Rmeisha Christian village that had largely escaped the violence that has plagued Shia villages in these almost 14 months.
Also, during the first day of the ceasefire, two journalists were injured while reporting from the city of Khiam, six kilometers from the border. Furthermore, the Israeli army has detained four people whom it has initially linked to Hezbollah, but Hasan Fadlalaa member of the party in Parliament, has denounced that they are only civilians trying to return. This Friday the Lebanese media The Orient-The Day has reported that “an Israeli force, consisting of four tanks and two bulldozers, has entered one of the western neighborhoods of Stop“The Israeli Army did not reach this neighborhood during the fighting and is now trying to enter during the ceasefire,” the newspaper denounces. Two other people have been found wounds by Israeli fire in Alwaysnear the border.
Curfew
In parallel to these violations, since the beginning of the ceasefire, the Israeli Army has imposed a curfew between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in the entire area between the border and the Litani River. “Those who are south of the river must remain where they are; for their safety, they must comply with these instructions,” the spokesman said in Arabic, Avichay Adraeefor the third consecutive day in an “urgent statement to the residents of southern Lebanon.” Both Israeli and Lebanese authorities have asked citizens in the south to don’t rush back to their homes, but many are overcome by emotion and homesickness after 14 months away from home.
Again, the medical centers They have become targets of Israeli attacks. This same Friday, several shots hit the Ghandour Hospital at the entrance to the border city of Bint Jbeilless than five kilometers from the Blue Line. At least one person has been injured. On the part of Hezbollah, it has not been reported no projectile launch against northern Israel, allowing the population on the other side of the border to consider the long-awaited return. Many do not want to return yet and see the ceasefire agreement as a surrender on the part of the Israeli Government by failing to achieve the definitive elimination of Hezbollah and the threat it still poses.
“Condemned to perpetual war”
“No matter how much the bombs have stopped now, we are condemned to perpetual war”; recognize Antoine Khourya young man in his thirties from northern Lebanon, to this newspaper. The geographical distance with the main attacked areas and their Christian condition They allow him to paint a cruder portrait of his country’s immediate future. “Every 10 or 15 years we have some conflict with Israel: more people die, houses and land are lost, and little else,” Khoury points out with a underlying criticism of Hezbollah for being the culprit of the country becoming the target of a military offensive on a relatively periodic basis.
Another young Sunni, Ziad al-Zayyatagrees with the criticism of the militia-political party. Since he is outside the country, he dares to do it openly. “They will never learn, it’s a lost case“, he tells EL PERIÓDICO about the hundreds of people, the majority of Shiawho consider the ceasefire a victory for Hezbollah. The reality is that the group is incredibly decimated on a military level and beheaded in his leadershipbut it still has a lot of political and popular strength. In Lebanon, no one is clear that this ceasefire, which in just two days could have been violated at least 18 timeshold on.
