Israel launches a wave of bombings against southern Lebanon

BarcelonaIsrael intensified its bombing campaign against southern Lebanon on Thursday, reportedly targeting Hezbollah. At midday, Israeli army attacks near the city of Tyre killed one person and wounded three others. In the early afternoon, Israeli forces also bombed positions in the towns of Taibeh, Tair Debba, Jabal, and Kfar Dounine. An hour before the attacks, Israeli forces had ordered the urgent evacuation of the area. "Warning to residents of southern Lebanon: In the short term, the army will target Hezbollah's terrorist military infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon to counter Hezbollah's prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area," said a statement issued by Israeli military spokesman Avichay. Specifically, maps distributed by Israeli forces highlight two buildings and urge everyone to stay at least 500 meters away. "Remaining in the designated area of the building puts you at risk," the text concludes.

The attacks, in addition to affecting the buildings identified by the Israeli army, have severely damaged some houses near the towns of Taibeh, Jabel, and Zawtar in the Qariyah region and have left at least one person injured in Tair Debba, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. Israeli drones also flew at low altitude for much of the day in various areas of Beirut. The unmanned aircraft were seen primarily in the southern neighborhoods, but also reached coastal areas of the Metn district in the north of the capital, according to the Lebanese News Agency (NNA).

The rearmament of Hezbollah is a common pretext used by Israel to justify the bombings it has carried out almost daily in southern Lebanon. despite the ceasefire agreement he reached with the Shiite militia It's been almost a year now. Analysts agree in pointing out that the Lebanese group, which is still working to recover after of the Israeli attack that killed its leader Hassan Nasrallah in September of last yearHezbollah has intensified its efforts to rebuild its military power.

The new wave of bombings, one of the most significant since the ceasefire agreement was signed, comes on the same day that Hezbollah directly opposed the words of Lebanese Prime Minister Joseph Aoun, who expressed his willingness to negotiate disarmament with Israel. Washington's Morgan Ortagus stated, "Lebanon's concern right now must be to end the aggression in accordance with the ceasefire declaration and pressure the Zionist enemy to comply with its implementation, rather than falling into aggressive blackmail or being drawn into any form of political negotiation with the enemy."