The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denounced this Thursday that the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah has carried out violations of the ceasefire agreement, while the regular Lebanese Army has spoken out in the same terms and has accused Israel for breaching the agreement “on several occasions”. “During the day, a series of suspicious actions were identified that posed a threat to the State of Israel by the terrorist organization Hezbollah, in violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the Israeli Army stated on its official social media profile. social.
Thus, after “identifying two terrorist agents” from Hezbollah in the vicinity of “a known terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon”, an Israeli Air Force plane attacked to “thwart the threat”, according to reports. military authorities. “In addition, in recent hours Army forces have worked to expel more militants from the southern Lebanon area. The IDF is deployed in southern Lebanon and continues to act to protect the State of Israel and its citizens,” they said. riveted the IDF.
For its part, the regular Lebanese Army has denounced that, since Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have violated “on several occasions” the ceasefire reached with Hezbollah last Tuesday and that it represents a truce to the confrontation. unleashed more than a year ago. “On November 27 and 28, 2024, after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli enemy violated the agreement on several occasions, through aerial violations and attacking Lebanese territory with various weapons,” the Lebanese military authorities have denounced.
The Lebanese Army Command is “monitoring these violations” of the ceasefire in coordination with “the relevant authorities,” as reported by the regular Lebanese Armed Forces on their official social media profile.
Israel and Hezbollah reached an agreement on Tuesday for a ceasefire of about 60 days, which stipulates that both Hezbollah and Israeli troops must abandon southern Lebanese territory in favor of the regular Lebanese Army, which must take up positions in the area. to guarantee the security of northern Israel.
Netanyahu threatens return to “intensive war”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened this Thursday to return to an open war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, less than 48 hours after the start of the truce, if the pro-Iran group extensively violates the ceasefire conditions.
“If there is a major violation of the agreement, we will not only operate surgically as we are doing now,” Netanyahu said tonight in an interview with the far-right Channel 14. “If there is a major violation of the agreement, I ordered the Armed Forces to prepare for a intensive war,” he added.
In the interview, Netanyahu stressed that the ceasefire in Lebanon “may be brief” and that Israel “enforced it on its first day,” according to statements to the Times of Israel. The agreement states that “these commitments do not prevent Israel or Lebanon from exercising their inherent right of self-defense, in accordance with International Law.”
Netanyahu already said Tuesday night, announcing the deal, that Israel would “maintain full freedom of military action” in Lebanon “with the full understanding of the United States.” The Lebanese authorities oppose any violation of their sovereignty.
The Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, urged in a call with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, that the international community increase pressure on Israel, considering that it violated the agreement after carrying out air raids and attacks with various weapons against the territory. Lebanese.
The resurgence of hostilities in Beirut and southern Lebanon is part of clashes that began more than a year ago after Hezbollah attacked Israel a day after the offensive of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7, 2023, which It left almost 1,200 dead and 240 hostages and served as a trigger for the current war in the Middle East.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unleashed a new invasion of Lebanon on October 1 after weeks of intense bombings and attacks against the country, including the coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies linked to Hezbollah. . The attacks on Lebanon have decimated Hezbollah, which has lost its historic leader, Hasan Nasrallah.
