MADRID 30 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported this Saturday that at least three people have been injured in an attack attributed to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the south of Lebanese territory despite the ceasefire in force, agreed upon. at the beginning of the week between the Israeli Army and the Shiite militia party Hezbollah.
The Emergency Operations Center has highlighted on the official profile of the Lebanese Ministry of Health on social networks that the three injured, including a seven-year-old minor, were aboard a vehicle when they were attacked in the Majdal Zoun area, in the south of the country.
Israel and Hezbollah reached an agreement on Tuesday for a ceasefire of about 60 days, which stipulates that both the Islamist group and Israeli troops must leave southern Lebanon in favor of the country’s regular army, which must take up positions in the area to guarantee the security of northern Israel.
However, both Hezbollah and Israeli authorities have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire. The Israeli Army, in fact, has reported in recent days several operations against Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon.
The resurgence of hostilities in Beirut and southern Lebanon is part of the clashes that began more than a year ago after Hezbollah attacked Israel a day after the offensive of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7, 2023. which left almost 1,200 dead and 240 hostages and served as a trigger for the current war in the Middle East.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unleashed a new invasion of Lebanon on October 1 after weeks of intense bombings and attacks against the country, including the coordinated explosion of thousands of beepers and walkie-talkies linked to Hezbollah. .
The attacks on Lebanon have left a provisional toll of nearly 4,000 dead and 16,500 injured, including the historic leader of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli attack on Beirut at the end of September. Israel has put the number of Hezbollah members killed in its attacks at around 2,500.