Israel continues to systematically violate the ceasefire with Lebanon this weekend, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri. The strikes were reported across southern Lebanon, killing at least one and wounding six others.
The deadly attack was a drone strike against Bint Jbeil, where an attack on a vehicle killed one person and wounded two others. The victims were not identified, though the IDF as usual claimed it had killed someone from the “elite Radwan Force.”
Another attack was reported against a house in Hasbaya District, wounding one. Another was wounded in an attack near the town of Shebaa, and two others were seriously wounded in an attack on a car near Shaqra.
Recent photo of destruction in Ain Baal, Southern Lebanon ©MSF
As of yet there have been no confirmed attacks on Sunday, though there have been numerous reports of Israeli drones sighted over towns and villages across the area, so such attacks are liable to happen at any time.
Since the ceasefire in November Israel has carried out thousands of strikes against Lebanon, mostly in the south of the country, and killed or wounded a large number of people who were never conclusively identified, though the IDF almost always posthumously promotes them as high-ranking Hezbollah.
Israel has also constructed five military outposts inside Lebanon which it continues to occupy. The Lebanese government has been pushing for Israel to withdraw and stop attacking, both things which were required under the ceasefire. So far, however, Israel has just continued to attack, and the US as guarantor of the ceasefire has simply pressured Lebanon to make more concessions.
