Illustrative image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
A wave of Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon on November 27, the first anniversary of the ceasefire brokered by the United States.
The strikes targeted the towns of Jarmaq and Mahmoudiyeh, along with other areas in southern Lebanon. The IDF later said in a statement that the strikes hit Hezbollah targets, including rocket-launching sites, weapon depots, and military posts belonging to the group.
“The presence of the infrastructure and the activity of the Hezbollah terror organization in these areas constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military adds.
Israel has been launching strikes against Hezbollah on a regular basis since the start of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, citing “violations” by the group.
In recent weeks, it escalated its strikes, going as far as assassinating Hezbollah’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabataba in the southern suburbs of Beirut on November 23, all while accusing the group of making efforts to rebuild its military capabilities.
Following the latest wave of strikes, the IDF announced that it had killed over 370 “terror operatives” in Lebanon since the ceasefire came into effect on November 27 of last year.
Most of the slain operatives were members of Hezbollah, while others were from allied groups, including Hamas, according to the IDF. The operatives were targeted by strikes for violating the terms of the truce, the military said.
The IDF did not include an estimate of how many civilians were killed in Lebanon. However, the United Nation’s rights office said on November 26 that Israel had killed at least 127 civilians, including children, in its strikes on the country since the ceasefire deal.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, said more than 330 people have been killed in the country since the ceasefire came into effect.
Hezbollah has so far refused to disarm, despite the Lebanese government launching a plan to achieve this under pressure from Israel and the U.S. in September.
This pressure is only growing. A report published by Al-Akhbar newspaper on November 27, revealed that Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had warned Lebanon that it is on the verge of being hit with a massive Israeli bombing campaign and ground invasion unless Hezbollah is immediately disarmed.
According to the report, Lebanese officials were surprised by the threatening tone used by the Egyptian foreign minister. “Abdelatty delivered a clear and direct threat to Beirut,” it said.
The content of the report was later dismissed by the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, who denied that the country received an ultimatum.
Berri is head of the Shiite Amal movement, Hezbollah’s top ally in Lebanon. He likely made the remarks to calm down tensions, as well as out of respect for Egypt.
All in all, Israel appears to be determined to escalate against Hezbollah. While the IDF could escalate its strikes or even launch a full-on aerial campaign, a ground operation remains very risky. Any new invasion into southern Lebanon will be met with fierce resistance from the group.
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the way the west likes its ceasefires.
juice loves to murder, the armys fetish. they are kabal cult
your history is neglected if you had any basic education then you would know how ridiculous your assertions are . you could start with egypt they had the army , the jews were just slaves. pharaoh was the chief . there has never ever been a jewish empire.
persian chinese japanese greek roman austro hungarian spanish french german prussian and british yes not jewish. no
egyptian babylonian islamic empires , but never a jewish empire they did have kings briefly in history saul and the famous david who killed goliath the statue of david, but god removed him for having too many wife’s, and they as a people have rejected anything but free will and self determination independence and democracy ever since.
aztec mayan peruvian indian probably some others almost everywhere on the planet except israel have had massive armies waged imperialists wars conquered huge swathes of the planet . risen and fallen like the sun .
after capturing borovskaya andreevka and consolidating their position in the southeastern part of boguslavka, the units expanded the breakthrough to the second defensive line close to borova……………………… https://bitly.cx/ujgxb
israel is a country guilty of genocide, with the complicity of the west.
the west isn’t accomplice. they are debt-enslaved goyim. the western people have nothing to win by helping israel but ”’their”’ leaders are all jewish pupetts.
the west as an empire has nothing to win by helping democratic movements anywhere .no kings do .
they have been debt enslaved since jp morgan established the reserve banking system first in america and then around the world wverywhere except iran and north korea? north korea is communist , so they’re enslaved anyway and irans just waiting to have the ayatollah lose popularity by engaging in wars so they can put a shah back. . and morgan like the famous bluebeard pirate , and other morgans around the place, is british .
and he and other bankers met on jekkyl island to work for hyde park from the city , effectively. jekyll island is the cia playground , or was for a long time .
silly . really very naive .
who is the west in your estimation ?
i hope that trump’s successor in the white house will repeat ante gotovina and liberate crimea, donetsk, and lugansk, because that is the only appropriate payment to russia for betraying syria.
while i agree that the russians did the the syrians dirty and used them just for posturing and distraction, i think the real culprit for the fall of syria is hamas and the fact that all allies of syria besides russia descided that attacking israel is more important then helping syria. wishing the destruction of russias invasion forces is one thing but wishing an oluja on eastern ukraine is evil.
fumou maconha hoje?
” people don’t understand, satan is beautiful ” sharon tate .
al akbhar news is the mouth piece of saudi thugs. and egyption goverment is the slave of us/israel they are cowards arabs thier militry is just to oppress thier own people but will never fight thier mastr in west,
welcome in the western club goyim.
greece conquered egypt then rome conquered greece. caesar became paroah . egypt became roman .
every newspaper is the mouthpiece of thugs globally they’re just distributors of gang mentality divide from within transparencies
the boss is fulfilling biblical prophecy ……; “all nations shall turn against israel” , “the innocent shall, be guilty and the guilty innocent” , ” the highest shall be the lowest and the lowest the highest ” and ” the stench of corruption shall reach all the way to heaven ”
those prophecies all have to be fulfilled to usher in the return of jesus.
the pope is post master general of the world , the moral authority for rule of law and the king of kings.
any general is a military organisation. they’re operating under military law.theyre in the army really in a war .
islamic zionists.
there are already christian ones, now there are islamic ones.
explanation : peace is when they kill you and you don’t retaliate.
no . peace is like intermission at the movies its when they sell you candy
because like in nagasaki and hiroshima the kids on their way to school, mum washing the dishes, dad going to his office didn’t even have warning to retaliate. that’s wasn’t peace .
só ataca porque hassan nasrallah está morto e está morto por culpa do absurdo e irresponsável ataque de 7 de outubro do hamas.
unifil how many violations by the aggressor ? 10,000? +? killing civilians everywhere then calling them terrorists that is terrorism no shame no conscience isliar the expanzionist does not respect anyone and will keep attacking its neighbours and expanding its illegal settlements and bases as long as it is not kept in check by a reasonable defence.
are you talking about russia now ? expanding its borders ? or is your lack of thoughtfulness in your haste to be a neo nazi exposing ? you
that is every war . its civilians who are unarmed often and defenseless not armies . its civilian women who are raped to death men murdered boys killed. its not a hollywood movie . its real. eg my dad was on the playground aged 9 talking with a mate telling him a joke, he laughed passing soldiers took offense and blew his brains out . that’s reality of war .the soldiers were russian communists then .