Hezbollah held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the continuous series of violations of the ceasefire agreement, stressing that the field practices reflect the Israeli side's non-compliance with the truce. In a statement, the party clarified that the documented Israeli attacks since dawn on Friday amounted to about 300 violations, including air raids and artillery shelling targeting various areas.
The party considered that the claims promoted by the occupation leaders regarding the resistance's violation of the agreement are nothing but lies aimed at justifying the continuation of aggression on Lebanese territories. The statement emphasized that these Israeli attempts aim to evade international obligations and commitments reached under American and international sponsorship to stop the bloodshed.
In contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in cooperation with his security minister, Yisrael Katz, issued instructions to the army to temporarily halt military operations in southern Lebanon. Despite this directive, Israeli sources confirmed that the decision does not include withdrawal from the positions controlled by the army during the recent ground incursion, which keeps tension high in the border areas.
Hebrew media sources reported that Netanyahu's decision came after intensive security consultations held on Saturday, coinciding with rapid regional developments including Iran's announcement of closing the Strait of Hormuz. This decision appears to reflect an Israeli desire to contain the situation and avoid an open confrontation with the American administration, especially with Donald Trump's approaching assumption of power.
For its part, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation stated that Netanyahu insists on the military forces remaining in the so-called 'security zone' within Lebanese territory to ensure that Hezbollah fighters do not return. Officials in the Prime Minister's office claimed that the army managed to attack 300 targets belonging to the party in the past two days, resulting in the killing of dozens of its elements according to their claims.
The term 'halt to operations' reported by Hebrew reports remains ambiguous, as it is not yet clear whether it includes the demolition of homes and villages carried out by the occupation in the 'Yellow Line'. The Israeli security minister had previously stated that the destruction of infrastructure in those areas does not contradict the terms of the ceasefire agreement, which Beirut completely rejects.
On the ground, the Lebanese Civil Defense reported the martyrdom of at least 16 people due to Israeli raids targeting southern and Bekaa towns a few hours after the truce came into effect. Sources confirmed that drones and warplanes did not leave Lebanese airspace and continued to carry out what were described as retaliatory strikes against civilian and military targets.
In a notable escalation, an Israeli raid targeted a Lebanese army soldier on the Kfar Remman-Nabatieh road, leading to his immediate martyrdom while performing his national duty. The Lebanese army condemned these brutal attacks, considering them directly aimed at obstructing any international or local efforts to restore stability and security to the country.
The National News Agency reported that one of the Israeli strikes destroyed a three-story residential building in the Tyre governorate, resulting in a horrific massacre that claimed the lives of an entire family. Sources clarified that the martyrs were a father, mother, and their two children, in a scene that embodies the extent of blatant Israeli violations of humanitarian and international laws during the supposed truce period.
Regarding official statistics, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Friday alone reached 83 martyrs and 141 injured. Most of these casualties were concentrated in the southern and Bekaa regions, where villages and towns were subjected to intense shelling that indiscriminately targeted residential areas and public facilities.
In its periodic report, the ministry revealed that the total number of martyrs since the beginning of last March until Saturday has exceeded 4057 martyrs, including a large number of women and children. The report also noted the martyrdom of 135 paramedics and health sector workers, a clear indication of the occupation's systematic targeting of relief and rescue teams.
In light of these developments, the Lebanese and international public are awaiting the resilience of the ceasefire agreement in the face of these repeated violations and Israeli intransigence in remaining within Lebanese territory. Diplomatic contacts between Washington and Tel Aviv continue in an attempt to stabilize the truce, amid fears of the agreement collapsing and a return to full-scale confrontation.
The enemy's violations since dawn on Friday amounted to 300 documented breaches and attacks, and its claims of our violation of the agreement are an attempt to justify its continuous attacks.
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Netanyahu orders halt to operations in Lebanon, Hezbollah documents 300 Israeli violations