Middle East War: Benyamin Netanyahu orders attacks on Hezbollah after ceasefire violations, according to Israeli army

Tsahal accuses Hezbollah of having “launched explosive drones towards [its] soldiers” in the Qantara region, without causing any injuries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army on Saturday to strike “forcefully” against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Lebanon, following what the army described as a series of ceasefire violations. According to a brief statement released by his office, the Prime Minister “ordered the Israeli army to carry out strikes forcefully against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon” after the army reported ceasefire violations.

Several hours earlier, in separate statements, the army stated that they had “eliminated more than 15 terrorists in southern Lebanon”, including three who were traveling in a vehicle “loaded with weapons”.

The army also accused the Lebanese movement of having “launched explosive drones towards Israeli army soldiers” in the Qantara region, which “exploded” near the soldiers without causing any injuries. The soldiers also discovered “a cache of anti-tank missiles in a Hezbollah weapons depot” as well as an underground tunnel containing Kalashnikov rifles.

The war between Israel and Hezbollah was triggered on March 2 when the Lebanese movement attacked the neighboring country in retaliation for the Israeli-American attack on Iran. A ceasefire has been in effect since April 17, extended for three weeks. Since then, the two warring parties have accused each other of violating it.