Israel carries out drone strike in southern Lebanon, killing one person

The onslaught is the latest successful a drawstring of Israeli attacks contempt a ceasefire announced successful November.

Beirut, Lebanon – At slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been killed successful an Israeli onslaught successful southern Lebanon, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), arsenic near-daily attacks by Israel proceed contempt a November ceasefire.

The onslaught connected Monday deed an excavator successful the Shamsiyah country of Sohmor successful the Bekaa Valley, sidesplitting its driver. Footage connected societal media, verified by Al Jazeera, showed exigency responders carrying the unfortunate distant connected a stretcher.

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Local media reported that dozens of Israeli drones flew astatine debased altitude implicit respective villages successful confederate and eastbound Lebanon. One drone targeted the municipality of Aitaroun connected Monday day portion different bombed a location successful Houmin al-Fauqa. No casualties were reported successful those attacks.

More than 150 radical person been killed successful Israeli attacks successful Lebanon since November 27, the time the ceasefire came into effect and was expected to extremity the struggle betwixt Israel and Hezbollah aft astir 2 months of cross-border attacks. Israel’s warfare connected Lebanon killed much than 4,000 people, weakened Hezbollah’s subject capabilities and wiped retired its apical leadership.

Ceasefire violations

Under the ceasefire, Israel was to retreat each its forces from Lebanese territory, but its subject remains successful astatine slightest 5 positions successful Lebanon adjacent their shared border.

NNA reported a “series” of raids connected Sunday betwixt the Medena Plain, Kfar Rumman and Jarmaq portion different strikes targeted Jarmaq and Mahmoudiya. A drone onslaught was besides reported connected a location successful Humin.

Earlier this month, an Israeli onslaught connected the confederate metropolis of Bint Jbeil killed 5 people, including 3 children. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed the deaths portion Israel’s subject said the onslaught targeted a Hezbollah member, acknowledging successful a connection that “several uninvolved civilians were killed”.

As Israel has refused to propulsion retired from Lebanese territory, it has said Hezbollah should archetypal disarm – a request the Lebanese radical has rejected.

Pressure to disarm

Israel claims its aerial strikes are intended to forestall Hezbollah from rebuilding its subject spot aft past year’s war, which killed its longtime chief, Hassan Nasrallah.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah is facing increasing governmental and diplomatic unit to disarm. Israel and its closest ally, the United States, are present pressing for the disarmament of Hezbollah, which carried retired its attacks connected Israel successful solidarity with the Palestinians successful Gaza, wherever much than 66,000 radical person been killed during Israel’s two-year war.

On September 5, the Lebanese authorities tasked the service with preparing a disarmament plan.

In an interrogation with Al Jazeera, the US peculiar envoy for Syrian affairs, Tom Barrack, said Hezbollah’s entrenched governmental relation makes immoderate disarmament effort much complex.

“Convincing Hezbollah to springiness up its weapons is the occupation of the Lebanese government, and the United States is not funny successful pressuring anybody,” helium said.

But earlier this month, the US Department of Defense announced $14.2m successful assistance for the Lebanese service to bolster its ngo to “degrade Hezbollah”, calling it portion of the administration’s precedence to antagonistic Iranian-backed equipped groups successful the region.

Hezbollah, however, has dismissed immoderate suggestions it volition manus implicit its weapons, claiming it is simply a US and Israeli inaugural to weaken Lebanon.

Speaking successful Beirut connected Saturday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem told thousands of radical gathered astatine Nasrallah’s tomb that the radical would sphere its subject capabilities contempt dense losses.

“We volition ne'er wantonness our weapons, nor volition we relinquish them,” Qassem said, promising to “confront immoderate task that serves Israel”. He added that disarmament nether the existent conditions would permission Lebanon susceptible to further attacks.