‘Multiple’ Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon in breach of ceasefire

Israeli forces have committed further violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon in just 24 hours, amid international inaction.

Israel’s military on Friday said it struck “multiple” targets in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, two months into the fragile ceasefire with the Lebanese resistance group.

The targets that were struck included a Hezbollah site containing underground infrastructure, used to develop and manufacture weaponry and additional infrastructure sites on the Syrian-Lebanese border, the military claimed.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli forces set fire to a poultry farm near Tal Nahas on Thursday.

According to the agency, an Israeli artillery attack also targeted the outskirts of the town of Shebaa in southern Lebanon.

Further violations included a drone attack on the ruins of a house, which was already destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, at the northern entrance to the town of Yahmar al-Shaqif on Wednesday night.

The Israeli forces also continued to burn and destroy houses in Ras al-Dahr, west of the town of Meiss al-Jabal.

They opened fire on a house in the border town of Ramish, as well as Lebanese people and an ambulance belonging to the Islamic Risala Scout Association at the entrance to Maroun al-Ras.

Another ambulance, which was trying to transport injured people, was seized in the area.

On Wednesday night, the Israeli troops kidnapped four Lebanese people who were checking on their home on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras, and shot and injured two others in the area.

According to the NNA, the Israeli forces also advanced 100 meters from the position of the Lebanese army at the western entrance to Meiss al-Jabal, bypassing a center of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

After bypassing the UNIFIL base, Israeli bulldozer, backed by a Merkava tank, raised mounds of earth in the middle of the road in the Mafailah neighborhood, according to the report.

Meanwhile, Israeli drones flew over the capital Beirut and the southern suburbs at low altitudes.