conflict – Israeli army says it is striking Lebanon, where at least six people have died, in response to attacks on its soldiers deployed in southern Lebanon
The ceasefire announced Friday between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah no longer holds much weight. New Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon left six people dead this Saturday. The strikes targeted more than a dozen localities after midnight and this Saturday morning, many in the Nabatiyé sector, where artillery fire also took place, according to the official Lebanese news agency ANI.
Three people were killed in Arab Salim and one in Deir Zahrani, while another died “after enemy drone fire targeting a motorcycle” at the entrance to the town of Dweir, ANI said. The Lebanese army, for its part, announced the death of one of its soldiers in the south of the country, “on the Kfar Rumman-Nabatiyé road”. She denounced “the continuation of brutal Israeli attacks [qui] aims to hinder any solution to restore stability in Lebanon.”
The Israeli army said this Saturday it was targeting pro-Iranian Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, in response to attacks against its soldiers deployed in this part of Lebanon. “In the night, the terrorist organization Hezbollah fired more than 50 projectiles against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon,†a military statement said. “Following these attacks, the IDF struck Hezbollah terrorist targets in the south of the country.”
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