Despite ceasefires, Israel continues attacks around the region

Israel’s aggressions astir the Middle East haven’t ceased with the caller ceasefire statement successful Gaza.

The pact, established connected October 10, has eased the unit connected Palestinians successful Gaza, adjacent if Israeli strikes determination continue. And successful different parts of the region, Israel is inactive attacking connected aggregate fronts.

Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank person each witnessed Israeli strikes successful the past week, giving credence to the thought that Israel is trying to support its neighbours destabilised and weak.

United States officials visited Israel this week, but Tel Aviv’s biggest backer didn’t look to bespeak it was acceptable to clasp the state accountable for its determination belligerence, focusing its attraction connected Gaza.

Here’s each you request to cognize astir Israel’s latest attacks astir the region.

The Israeli-occupied West Bank

Israel is cracking down hard connected Palestinians successful the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli subject has killed much than 1,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023 successful the West Bank unsocial and has intensified its efforts to annex the occupied territory.

For the 2nd consecutive week, Israeli soldiers and settlers are harassing and arresting Palestinians trying to harvest their olives.

One of the Palestinians Israel precocious detained had been released during January’s short-lived ceasefire successful a captive exchange, past was rearrested, according to Wafa quality agency.

The unit connected the crushed is matched by rhetoric from Israeli officials, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who urged his supporters to unit US President Donald Trump to enactment the West Bank’s annexation.

He has besides said that Israel should declare “sovereignty” implicit the occupied West Bank, saying this would stymie the “dangerous thought of a Palestinian state”.

Syria

The Israeli subject has been particularly progressive successful Syria successful caller days, with section media reporting astir regular incursions into Syrian territory on the confederate border.

Last December, arsenic the authorities of ousted President Bashar al-Assad fell, Israel encroached connected Syria’s territory and attacked its subject infrastructure astir the country.

Israel has kept up its incursions, adjacent though Syria’s caller authorities has not reciprocated Israel’s aggressions.

The incursions see reconnaissance overflights, crushed infiltration by Israeli soldiers, arrests and disappearances of Syrians, and establishing checkpoints connected Syrian territory, according to Syrian media.

Israel’s latest aggression took spot Sunday greeting successful the villages of al-Razaniyah and Sayda al-Hanout, successful the countryside of Quneitra, Syrian authorities media outlet SANA reported.

“A portion of the Israeli forces, consisting of 4 subject vehicles, established a checkpoint betwixt the 2 villages. During the operation, the forces detained a section breadstuff distributor who was serving the surrounding villages adjacent Sayda, earlier releasing him and withdrawing from the area,” a SANA newsman said.

Israeli tanks participate Quneitra, Syria arsenic Israel aerial strikes proceed aft the autumn of President Bashar al-Assad, December 10, 2024 [Bekir Kasım/Anadolu Agency]

Numerous villages successful Quneitra, confederate Syria, person experienced Israeli incursions successful caller weeks, according to Syrian outlet Enab Baladi.

At the United Nations Security Council league connected October 24, Syria’s UN Representative Ibrahim Olabi said Israel indispensable refrain from interfering successful Syria’s interior affairs and should halt its incursions into Syrian territory.

He besides condemned Israel’s continued concern of Syrian territory, including the Golan Heights.

Olabi said Israel’s “aggressive” practices violated the 1974 Disengagement Agreement betwixt Syria and Israel. Israel has antecedently said the 1974 statement is void since the autumn of al-Assad.

Lebanon

Next doorway successful Lebanon, Israel has continued its regular violations of the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

The southbound has been taxable to peculiarly dense bombing by Israel successful caller days.

On Monday, UN peacekeeping unit UNIFIL changeable an Israeli drone retired of the entity aft it claimed the drone dropped a grenade adjacent to a patrol. UNIFIL said an Israeli vessel past changeable astatine peacekeepers, with nary casualties caused. Attacks connected UNIFIL by Israel are not unprecedented.

Earlier, connected Sunday, Israel killed 2 people, 1 successful Nabi Chit, Baalbek, and different successful Naqoura, southbound Lebanon.

Israel’s warfare connected Lebanon ended connected November 27, 2024, erstwhile a ceasefire was signed betwixt the Lebanese authorities and Israel.

But the Israeli subject did not afloat retreat its troops from Lebanon and continued to bombard the state connected a near-daily basis.

Recent attacks person destroyed reconstruction equipment and killed civilians, with Israeli media claiming these strikes are to deter Hezbollah from rebuilding successful the south.

Israel and the US are insisting that the Lebanese authorities disarm Hezbollah completely, a request beyond what was stipulated successful the ceasefire, which called for Hezbollah’s withdrawal from confederate Lebanon.

The Lebanese authorities has announced its intent to disarm Hezbollah, but has pressed the US to clasp Israel accountable for its ceasefire violations, including its continued concern of astatine slightest 5 points successful Lebanese territory.

Lebanese media, however, reports that US Special Envoy Tom Barrack has been incapable to person Israel to permission Lebanese territory oregon cease its aggression, leaving galore Lebanese fearful of a instrumentality to last year’s violence, erstwhile Israel killed much than 4,000 radical successful Lebanon and displaced implicit 1 million.

Israeli media besides reported that their service precocious ran subject drills simulating a Hezbollah invasion, contempt experts and diplomats telling Al Jazeera that the radical is presently incapable of specified an attack.

Gaza

US Vice President JD Vance said during a sojourn to Israel past week that the ceasefire agreed connected October 10 betwixt Hamas and Israel is going “better than expected”.

Yet, Israel has continued to motorboat strikes crossed Gaza and termination people, leaving the explanation of what the US medication was expecting rather vague.

Outside of its continuing attacks, Israel is besides undermining the ceasefire statement by creeping deeper into Gaza, overstepping an invisible “yellow line” it was expected to retreat to, arsenic reported by the BBC.

While Israeli attacks are little predominant than earlier the ceasefire, Palestinian suffering astatine the hands of Israel persists successful Gaza. In summation to its continued choking disconnected of assistance supplies entering Gaza, Israel has continued to summation its decease toll.

It killed 1 Palestinian and injured 4 others successful a drone onslaught Saturday nighttime successful Gaza’s Nuseirat exile camp, according to a connection by al-Awda Hospital. Nearly 100 Palestinians person been killed since the ceasefire went into effect.

Meanwhile, Israel is besides blocking sick people from leaving via the Rafah borderline crossing.

Rasha Abu Sbeaka told Al Jazeera connected Sunday that she has signifier 3 crab and needs to permission Gaza for capable aesculapian attraction aft Israel destroyed the Gaza Strip’s aesculapian infrastructure.

Yet, determination is nary alleviation successful show for Abu Sbeaka, who is inactive waiting for Israel to let her to question for treatment.