Israel launched a strike on Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets for Israeli goals, killing six people in the heavy exchange of fire since Their cessation of fire With the militant group Hezbollah started almost four months ago.
The exchange led to concern about if The cessation of fire would remainDays after Israel re -launched his war with another militant group supported by Iran, Hamas, in Gaza. In a statement, Hezbollah denied being responsible for the attack, saying he was committed to the truce.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he commissioned the army to respond strongly against dozens of goals in Lebanon, where the Hezbollah Hezbollah is based on Iran. Israel’s army said that six rockets were fired on Metula, a city along the Lebanon border. Three crossed to Israel and were intercepted.
The army said that « it cannot confirm the identity of the organization that shot the rockets. » He said he struck Hezbollah’s command centers and dozens of rocket launchers.
An Israeli strike in the village of Lebanese southern Touline killed five people, including a child, and injured ten more people, including two children, informed the National News News of Lebanon.
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Another Israeli strike on Saturday night struck a garage in Tire’s coastal city, reported NNA, with a murdered person and seven wounds. It was the first attack in the city since the cessation of fire came into force on November 27. And a strike at Hawsh al-Sayed Ali Village along the Syria border injured five people, according to the NNA.
A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press on Saturday that he was not responsible for the initial attack, calling it « primitive », speaking anonymously as they are not authorized to talk to the media.
In a statement, Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam asked the Lebanese army to take all the necessary measures in the south, but said that the country did not want to return to war.
Hezbollah Started launching rockets, drones and missiles in Israel the next day On October 7, Hamas by 2023Attacking of Gaza lit the war there. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict became a total war in September, as Israel carried out massive waves of air attacks and killed most of the leading leaders of the militant group. The fighting killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelis.
Under the cessation of fire achieved in November, the Israeli forces retired from all Lebanese territory at the end of January. The deadline was extended to February 18 by agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
But since then, Israel has been in five places in Lebanon, in front of the communities of northern Israel, and has carried out dozens of air attacks from the South and Eastern Lebanon, saying that he attacked Hezbollah. Lebanon has appealed to the UN to pressure Israel to remove it completely from the country.
The provisional force of the United Nations in Lebanon, known as the Unifil, said that it was alarmed with the possible escalation of violence and urged all parts to prevent the advances made from being jeopardized, saying that a climb could have serious consequences for the region.
Lebanon strikes arrive a day after Israel said he would perform operations in Gaza « with increasing intensity » until Hamas releases the 59 hostages he maintains, 24 of which they believe alive.
The attack by militants led by Hamas in 2023 killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. Israel’s retaliation offensive has killed more than 49,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas. He does not say how many militants, but he says that more than half of the dead were women and children. Israel says he has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
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