Israel warns: Waffenruhe in Lebanon endangered by Hezbollah retreat

Von WOM

Israel warned on Sunday that the Waffellebahrsgägn is endangered with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, if the group is not supported in Iran of the Litani river in South Bees withdraws Lebanon. This is one of the essential conditions of the agreement.

allegations of mutual violations

Israel and Hezbollah have repeatedly accused each other of violating the conditions of the agreement. Despite these allegations, the agreement has largely existed.

Conditions of the ceasefire

The two parties agreed to hire the fighting for at least 60 days from November 27th. During this time it was expected that the Hezbollah fighters will withdraw 40 kilometers from the border between Israel and Lebanon, while the Israeli soil troops should withdraw from Lebanese territory.

withdrawal from Hezbollah required

The conditions of the ceasefire stipulated that before January 26, only the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers in the area south of the Litani may be present. The Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said on Sunday: "If Hezbollah is not withdrawing beyond the Litani River, there will be no agreement."

Israel's commitment to the ceasefire

Katz continued to state: “Israel wants to maintain the Agreement in Lebanon and will enforce it completely and uncompromisingly in order to ensure the safe return of the residents from the north into their houses. However, the first condition for the implementation of the agreement is the complete withdrawal of the terrorist organization Hezbollah beyond the litani, the dismantling of all weapons and the dismantling of the terrorist Infrastructure in the region through the Lebanese army - this has not yet happened. ”

Hezbollah's reaction

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said in a speech on Saturday that the group was to decide whether to stick to the 60-day period. "Our patience (in relation to Israeli violations of the ceasefire) could be exhausted, or it could stay as it is now ... and if we decide to act, you will see it immediately."

friction after the agreement comes into force

After the agreement came into force, retaliation attacks occurred several times. Israel carried out numerous missions in Lebanon in South, while Hezbollah fired in Israeli -occupied area and justified this in response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire.

unifil and the injuries to the ceasefire

Less than a week after the agreement came into force, the UN Peace Mission in Lebanon, Unifil, reported that Israel had “approximately 100 times” violated the ceasefire agreement. On Saturday, Unifil reported that her peace troops saw, as a Bulldozer of the Israeli army destroyed a blue barrel that marked the line of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel in LabboOneh, as well as an observation storm of the Lebanese army right next to a unifil position. "

unifil complaints violation of international law

Unifil explained: "The deliberate and direct destruction of both clearly identifiable unifil facilities and the infrastructure of the Lebanese armed forces by the Israeli defense forces represents a blatant violation of the Resolution 1701 (a resolution from 2006 to complete the hostility between Israel and Hezbollah) and international law. “

cnn asked the IDF to comment on the allegations of Unifil.

For this report, Tamara Qiblawi and Mick Krever from CNN contributed.