HEZBOLLAH FIRES ‘DEFENSIVE RESPONSE’ TO ISRAELI ‘CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS’

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Mon 02 December 2024:

On Telegram, the group called its attack on an Israeli military site in the Kfarchouba hills an “initial warning defensive response”, carried out following “repeated violations” of the ceasefire between it and Israel.

Since the ceasefire went into effect last week on November 27, Israel has carried out more than two dozen attacks on Lebanese territory, which have killed and wounded people.

Israel says these are in response to violation of the ceasefire and to people moving near its self-imposed no-go zones in territory it occupies in southern Lebanon.

However, this marks the first time that Hezbollah has fired back, calling into question whether the tenuous ceasefire can hold.

Hezbollah also cited “the continued violation of Lebanese airspace by hostile Israeli aircraft, all the way to the capital, Beirut” in its justification for these warning shots, and blamed the “concerned authorities” for failing to stop Israeli attacks on Lebanese soil despite the ceasefire.

Under the terms of the agreement, an international committee was tasked with ensuring that no side violates the ceasefire. There has been no statement on Israel’s repeated attacks yet.

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Netanyahu: Israel will ‘respond strongly’ to ‘ceasefire violation’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will respond to Hezbollah firing at the Israeli military.

“Hezbollah’s firing at Mount Dov constitutes a serious violation of the ceasefire, and Israel will respond strongly to this,” Netanyahu warned in a post on X. “We are determined to continue to enforce the ceasefire, and to respond to any violation by Hezbollah – minor or serious.”

Hezbollah said it fired “defensive” warning shots at the Israeli army in response to ceasefire “violations” that killed and wounded civilians.

After Hezbollah ‘warning shots’, Israeli army hits Lebanon

Al Jazeera journalist in Lebanon says Israeli warplanes have bombed the outskirts of the town of Yaroun and the area of Burghaz in southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says Yaroun was attacked, and that the Israeli army also carried out attacks on the towns of Shebaa, Beit Lif and Talloussa.

The attack on Talloussa, it said, caused injuries.

A short while ago, the Israeli army said it would respond harshly to Hezbollah’s “warning shots”, fired today in response to what the group called Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations. 

Pentagon says ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel holding

The Pentagon says that despite some incidents, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is holding.

“Broadly speaking, it is our assessment that despite some of these incidents that we are seeing, the ceasefire is holding,” Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters.

His comments come as Israel is promising a “harsh response” to Hezbollah fire, which the Lebanese group said it launched in response to multiple ceasefire violations by Israel.

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