Israel threatens further military actions in Lebanon due to attacks

Israel threatens further military actions in Lebanon due to attacks

Load the tense mutual attacks Waffenruhe between Israel and the Hisbollah, which came into force less than a week ago. The Israeli Minister of Defense threatened to target the Lebanese state on Tuesday.

Tödlichest day since the ceasefire came into force

Monday was the deadliest day since the agreement came into force last Wednesday when Israeli air strikes killed nine people in the south of Lebanon after the Hisbollah had shot in Israeli and led alleged violations of the waffle rest by Israel.

threat of military strength

"If we return to war, we will act with strength and go deeper," said Israel Katz during a visit to the 146th division of the Israeli defense forces near the Lebanese border. He emphasized: "If the ceasefire collapses, there will be no exceptions for the state of Lebanon. So far we have separated the state of Lebanon from the Hisbollah - and the entire Beirut by Dahiyeh, which was hit very strongly - this will no longer be the case."

air strikes and their consequences

Only one day after Israeli air raids in the south of Lebanon, when two rockets were reacted to by the Hisbollah, the spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, commented on Monday that "we did not see any collapse of the ceasefire". Nevertheless, there are concerns about the sustainability of the agreement mediated by the USA.

allegations of the violation of the ceasefire

The governments of the United States and France have privately informed Israel that they believe that it violates the agreement, the Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich reported in an interview with Israel's Kan-Radio. Unifil, the United Nations Peace Mission in Lebanon, stated that Israel had violated the ceasefire "about 100 times" since the agreement came into force.

The reactions of the Hisbollah

"Both the French and the Americans really didn't like that," said Smotrich, referring to the Israeli air raids in Lebanon since the ceasefire came into force. "But in the days since the ceasefire, the IDF acted very determined to both against the Hisbollah and civilians who are trying to return to the border region without permission."

Israel's justification for air strikes

Since the ceasefire came into force, Israel has carried out air strikes in Lebanon every day, with the exception of Tuesday. The military stated that it was “in response to several Hisbollah actions in Lebanon, which was a threat to Israeli civilians and violated the agreements between Israel and Lebanon.”

reactions to the aggression

The Hisbollah reacted to the shelling of Israel, especially in the Shebaa farm area, on Monday. In an explanation, the group of Israel blamed for “the attacks on civilians and air raids in various parts of Lebanon, which led to dead and injured, as well as for the continued violation of Lebanese airspace by hostile Israeli aircraft to the capital Beirut.”

evaluation of the situation and other steps

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the attack of the Hisbollah as a "serious violation of the ceasefire", and Israel then carried out air strikes in the south of Lebanon, which, according to Lebanese Ministry of Health, was killed nine people. Smotrich stated that the IDF hit 29 destinations in the attack on Monday.

Future of the ceasefire

The agreement on ceasefire provides for a 60-day setting of the hostility, which the negotiators described as the basis for permanent ceasefire. During this time, Hisbollah fighters are expected to withdraw about 40 kilometers from the Israeli-Libanese border, while Israeli ground troops withdraw from Lebanese territory. According to the agreement, Lebanon is intended to implement stricter monitoring of the movements of the HISBOLLAH in the south of the country, south of the Litani flow, to prevent militants from re-grouping there.

determined measures to implement

"We will act with full strength to enforce all agreements on the ceasefire, and we will react with maximum answer and zero tolerance," Castle Castle.