Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, tensions between Israel and Lebanon remain high. Attacks from Israel continue. According to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA), four people were killed and six others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Beit Lif village in Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon. Xinhua news agency quoted NNA as saying that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in Deir Syrian village in southern Lebanon.
Bodies of Syrians recovered
NNA also reported that civil defense teams have recovered the bodies of four Syrians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in Basta, Beirut on November 24. on Friday too, the Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes near the Syrian-Lebanese border. The IDF said that it had targeted 'weapon smuggling routes'. These routes were used by Hezbollah to transport weapons.
The attacks aim to weaken Hezbollah's unit
"The attack is part of ongoing efforts by the IDF in recent weeks to destroy weapons-smuggling routes operated by the Syrian regime along the Syrian-Lebanese border. The attacks were aimed at weakening Hezbollah's Unit 4400, which was used for 'terrorist attacks' against Israeli civilians and soldiers," the statement said.
The ceasefire came into effect on November 27
Let us tell you, a ceasefire brokered by the US and France came into effect on November 27, aimed at stopping the nearly 14-month-long fighting between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Under the agreement, both sides agreed to end hostilities for 60 days, in which Israel would gradually withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah would retreat north of the Litani River.
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