Israel strikes across south, eastern Lebanon in latest truce violation

The continued Israeli bombardment has drawn crisp disapproval from the UN, which has recorded dozens of civilian deaths.

The Israeli subject has carried retired a wave of aerial strikes crossed areas successful confederate and eastbound Lebanon, successful the latest near-daily usurpation of a much than year-old ceasefire.

An Al Jazeera analogous connected the crushed said the attacks targeted the al-Jabour, al-Qatrani and al-Rayhan areas successful the southbound of the country, arsenic good arsenic the Buday and the Hermel regions successful the Bekaa Valley successful eastbound Lebanon.

Another raid targeted Wadi Al-Qusayr successful the municipality of Deir Siryan successful the south.

Israel claims it is targeting Hezbollah operatives and arms sites, it says, to unit the Lebanese equipped radical to disarm.

Hezbollah has sharply refused to relinquish its arsenal arsenic agelong arsenic Israel bombards and occupies parts of Lebanon.

Tensions escalated further weeks agone erstwhile Israel bombed Beirut’s confederate suburbs, sidesplitting Hezbollah’s apical subject commander, Haytham Ali Tabatabai. The radical has yet to respond, but said it volition bash truthful astatine the close time.

The continued Israeli bombardment has drawn crisp disapproval from the United Nations, which reported successful November that astatine slightest 127 civilians, including children, person been killed successful Lebanon since the ceasefire took effect successful precocious 2024. UN officials person warned the attacks magnitude to “war crimes”.

The attacks travel arsenic Lebanon and Israel precocious dispatched civilian envoys to a committee monitoring their ceasefire for the archetypal clip successful decades, a determination aimed astatine expanding diplomatic engagement.

However, Hezbollah person Naim Qassem criticised Lebanon’s determination to nonstop erstwhile Ambassador Simon Karam to the talks, calling it a “free concession” to Israel.

Lebanese officials person expressed vexation implicit Israel’s near-daily attacks.