Israel vows ‘strong’ response over Hezbollah strikes

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******* vows ‘strong’ response over Hezbollah strikes

Hezbollah said it carried out a “defensive warning strike” on an ******** military position in the disputed Shebaa Farms area, citing repeated ******** ceasefire violations including air strikes and shelling in Lebanon.

The ******** military said Hezbollah launched two missiles but caused no casualties.

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that ******* would respond “strongly” to the strike.

Earlier, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that ******** forces fired two artillery shells towards the southern Lebanese town of Beit Lif in the Bint Jbeil district, while heavy machine **** ***** targeted Yaroun.

No injuries were reported in either incident, NNA said, but a separate ******** strike injured others in the town of Talousa.

Lebanese authorities also said ******** strikes on southern Lebanon ******* at least two people on Monday as the ceasefire, which follows more than a year of hostilities between ******* and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, appeared increasingly fragile.

The truce, which came into effect early on November 27, stipulates that ******* will not carry out offensive military operations against civilian, military or other state targets in Lebanon, while Lebanon will prevent any armed groups, including Hezbollah, from carrying out operations against *******.

Lebanon and ******* have already traded accusations of breaches, and on Monday Lebanon said the violations had turned deadly.

One person was ******* in an ******** air ******* on the southern Lebanese town of Marjayoun, about 10km from *******’s northern border, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Lebanon’s state security said an ******** drone strike had ******* a member of its force while he was on duty in Nabatieh, 12km from the border. State security called it a “flagrant violation” of the truce.

The Lebanese army said an ******** drone hit an army bulldozer in northeast Lebanon near the border with Syria, wounding one soldier.

The ******** military did not immediately respond to questions about the incidents in Marjayoun and Nabatieh.

It issued a statement saying it had attacked military vehicles operating near Hezbollah military infrastructure in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and military vehicles near the border with Syria.

The ******** military acknowledged that a Lebanese soldier was wounded in one of its attacks and said the incident was under review.

Lebanon’s parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah and Beirut’s main interlocutor in the ceasefire talks, said Lebanon had logged at least 54 ******** violations so far.

In a statement issued by his office, Berri urged the committee tasked with monitoring the ceasefire to “urgently” begin work, and to “oblige” ******* to halt its violations and withdraw troops from Lebanese land.

The ceasefire deal stipulates that a monitoring mechanism hosted by the ******* Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and chaired by the ******* States would “monitor, verify and assist in ensuring enforcement” of the ceasefire.

******** Foreign Minister Gideon Saar denied that his country had breached the accord, saying the problem lay with Hezbollah moving weapons and crossing south of the Litani river, in defiance of last week’s deal.

“******* is committed to the successful implementation of the ceasefire, but we will not accept a return to the situation as it stood on October 6, 2023. If violations occur, ******* will enforce (the pact),” he said in a statement.

Public broadcaster Kan and other ******** media outlets reported on Monday that US envoy Amos Hochstein, who brokered the ceasefire after weeks of shuttle diplomacy, had warned ******* against alleged violations.

******** Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that ******* must deal Hezbollah a “powerful *****” after he said it made a “big mistake” by ******* at ******** territory.

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