Key points
- Israeli artillery and air attacks arrived in the areas of southern Lebanon on Saturday night.
- The attack occurred after Israel said he had intercepted rockets shot from the other side of the border.
- Hezbolá denied the responsibility of Saturday strikes, saying that he had no ‘link’ to rocket releases.
Israeli artillery and air attacks arrived south of Lebanon during the night after Israel said he had intercepted rockets shot from the other side of the border, killing at least eight people and .
Hezbolá denied the responsibility of Saturday strikes, saying that “he did not have a link” to rocket launches and that he remained committed to the high fire. No group attributed the responsibility of the attack.
An Israeli official said that the identity of the group that triggered the rockets had not been confirmed. Six rockets were shot, said the official, three of whom crossed Israel and were intercepted.
Two waves of Israeli strikes killed three people in Bint Jbeil and Touline, as well as five in the port city of Tire, all in the south of Lebanon, according to the State News Agency of the Lebanon, which the health authorities cited.
The exchanges on Saturday night were the first since An ally of Hezbollah, both backed by the Arch-Foe Iran of Israel.
Later in the day, the Israeli army announced a second round of strikes about what he said were Hezbollah’s objectives.
“We hope that the Lebanon will take on his part of the agreement,” said Ophir Falk, foreign policy advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Under the high fire, Hezbollah is supposed to withdraw his forces north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, and dismantled any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
Israel is supposed to withdraw its forces through the non -demarcated blue line, the de facto border, but has lost two deadlines to do so and continues to maintain five positions that it considers “strategic.”
Israel has carried out repeated air attacks during the Alto Fire, aimed at what he said were Hezbollah military sites that violated the agreement.
Israel’s army said before Saturday that he had intercepted three rockets launched from a Lebanese district about 6 km north of the border to the Israeli border city of Metula, the second cross -border launch since the high fire of the United States in November ended up fighting.
In retaliation, Netanyahu ordered the military to “act strongly against dozens of terrorist objectives in Lebanon.”
Israel’s army said he had hit dozens of hezbollah rocket launchers and a command center from which the group militants had been operating, in the south of Lebanon.
The State News Agency of Lebanon reported Israeli air attacks and artillery airplanes in the south of the country, including border cities and hills around eight km in the Lebanese territory.
There were no victims reports in Israel.
In Gaza, the health authorities said that five Palestinians had been killed by the Israeli fire, including a child, in incidents in the city of Beit Lahiya and Gaza in the north of the enclave.
The Israeli army said that several militants in a vehicle were identified that approached their troops in northern Gaza that “represented a threat to them” and the military beat them.
An Israeli air attack in the city of Rafah, which contains the southern border of Gaza with Egypt, killed two Palestinians, said Gazan Medics. The Israel Army did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
An alarmed by the ‘volatile’ situation
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as Unifil, said it was alarmed by the possible escalation of violence and urged all parties to avoid endangering the progress made, saying that a greater climb could have serious consequences for the region.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned about a renewal of military operations in the south of Lebanon, adding: “All security and military measures must be taken to demonstrate that Lebanon decides on matters of war and peace.”
The Alto El Fuego ended the intense bombing of Israel and land operations in Lebanon and the daily rocket dogs of Hezbollah in Israel. Each side has accused the other of not implementing the agreement as a whole.
Israel says that Hezbollah still has military infrastructure in the south. Lebanon and Hezbollah say that Israel is occupying Lebanese lands by continuing to carry out some air attacks and maintaining its troops in five positions of the top of the hill near the border.
