Israeli airstrikes killed two people in southern Lebanon, while seven others were injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, as Tel Aviv expresses concern about Hezbollah’s rearmament and intensifies strikes on its strongholds. The incidents occurred one day after new warnings from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused the organization of attempting to regain weaponry.
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Israel and raids in Lebanon
According to a preliminary assessment, “an Israeli airstrike” in the Nabatieh region left “one dead and seven wounded,” reported the Lebanese Ministry of Health. A French Press Agency photographer captured firefighters extinguishing a car fire after a drone strike in Duwayr, while workers collected debris from damaged shop windows.
Another airstrike in the Bint Jbeil region caused one more death, according to the Ministry of Health. On Saturday, the Israeli army announced it killed four people in a direct strike on a car in the south, whom it characterized as members of Hezbollah’s elite force, and hundreds of people attended the funeral with chants of “Death to Israel.”
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Hezbollah, rearmament and international pressures
Hezbollah, although weakened after the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah by an Israeli strike in Beirut in September 2024, remains financially resilient and well-equipped, analysts report. The US has intensified pressure on Lebanese authorities to disarm the organization, an effort that Hezbollah and its allies resist.
The Israeli Prime Minister warned that “We expect the Lebanese government to do what it has committed to do, namely to disarm Hezbollah, but it is clear that we will exercise our right to self-defense as agreed in the ceasefire terms,” while Tel Aviv has maintained occupation of five border points in southern Lebanon.
It should be noted that despite the ceasefire signed in November 2024 between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli forces continue to carry out strikes on the organization’s strongholds, with Israel stating it has intensified its attacks in recent days.
