
The Israeli army launched new bombings on Monday against alleged Shiite Hezbollah “infrastructure” at several points in southern and eastern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire reached almost a year ago after thirteen months of fighting following the October 7, 2023 attacks.
Therefore, he referred to this in his statement The attacks targeted points in the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanonwhere “a Hezbollah facility that was used to launch rockets was targeted, and where Hezbollah terrorist activity has been identified in recent months,” even though the group has not launched attacks against Israel since the beginning of the ceasefire.
He stressed that “several terrorist infrastructures in Nabatieh were attacked, and infrastructure was also attacked at a facility for the production and storage of strategic weapons in Wadi El-Bika,” without information being available yet about the victims resulting from these bombings.
In this sense, he accused Hezbollah of “continuing to attempt to rehabilitate its terrorist assets in Lebanon” and stressed that These alleged “infrastructure and activities” of the group constitute a “violation” of the ceasefire. He stressed that “the Israeli Defense Forces will continue to work to eliminate any threat and protect the State of Israel.”
Hezbollah refuses to disarm
Israeli forces have intensified their attacks against Lebanon in recent weeks, amid increasing pressure on the authorities to move forward with disarming Hezbollah, which has rejected this step at all times and called on the government to confront Israel’s actions given the risk of a new conflict.
Israel launched dozens of bombings against Lebanon despite the ceasefire reached in November 2024, under the pretext that Acts against Hezbollah’s activities and thus ensures that it does not violate the CharterAlthough Beirut and the group criticized these actions, which were also condemned by the United Nations.
The ceasefire agreement, reached after months of fighting following the October 7, 2023 attacks, stipulated that both Israel and Hezbollah must withdraw their forces from southern Lebanon. However, the Israeli army maintains five sites in the territory of its neighboring country, something that was also criticized by the Lebanese authorities and the Shiite group, which demands an end to this deployment.