AFP, Europa Press and Xinhua

La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, November 29, 2024, p. 20

Beirut. Israel indicated yesterday that it bombed a Hezbollah facility in southern Lebanon, the day after the start of a ceasefire with the Islamist group after 13 months of cross-border clashes and two of open war.

The Lebanese army, which began to deploy soldiers and tanks in the south, although without advancing for the moment into areas with an Israeli presence, accused Israel of having violated several times the agreement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to order a intensive war against Hezbollah if the pro-Iranian Islamist movement broke the truce.

He also said that he would all everything in its power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

After the truce was established early Wednesday, tens of thousands of Lebanese continued to return to their homes, which they had been forced to abandon.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army justified its attack yesterday on identify terrorist activity at a facility used by Hezbollah to store medium-range rockets in southern Lebanon, and that thwarted the threat with an aerial bombardment.

He added that his forces remain in southern Lebanon and were acting to enforce the ceasefire.

Two people were wounded by Israeli fire in the square of the village of Markaba, southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese news agency NNA. There was no statement on the matter from the pro-Iranian militia party Hezbollah.

Lebanese forces being deployed in the southern border regions They are carrying out patrols and installing checkpointswithout advancing towards the areas where there is still an Israeli presence, a Lebanese military source told the French news agency Afp on condition of anonymity.

In the border village of Qlaaya, residents threw rice and flowers into the air to celebrate the soldiers’ arrival. We only want the Lebanese armysang the inhabitants of this town with a Christian majority, waving the national flag. Meanwhile, Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, spoke in favor of continuing the offensive against Lebanon, especially in the south.

Syria and Russia kill terrorists

In another matter, the Syrian armed forces, with the support of Russian aerospace commandos, eliminated more than 400 fighters from the group terrorist Jabhat al Nusra (banned in Russia) in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, reported the deputy head of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasiuk.