Two killed in Israeli strikes on Zahrani, Bazouriyeh
Two people were killed Wednesday in two separate Israeli airstrikes on their vehicles on the Bazouriyeh and al-Zahrani roads, in the southern districts of Tyre and Sidon.
The Israeli army said it targeted two Hezbollah members in the strikes.
Israel has recently intensified its attacks on Lebanon, despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024.
Since the ceasefire, the Israeli army continued to conduct near-daily airstrikes on Lebanon, claiming it is targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure, weapons depots and training centers.
On Monday, the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes on at least five villages in south Lebanon north of the Litani river.
The strikes come a week after the Lebanese army said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River, in efforts that Israel says are not "sufficient."
President Joseph Aoun reiterated Tuesday his commitment to disarm Hezbollah and implement the state's monopoly on arms. "The truth is what you see, not what you hear," he said, invoking a phrase used by former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated in September 2024 by an Israeli strike. But it is not clear if Aoun used Nasrallah's words to address Hezbollah's support base or Israel and the U.S. after claims that the army's efforts were not sufficient.
The truth that we see, according to Aoun, is that "not a single bullet has been fired from Lebanon" during the year of his presidency. "This confirms that only the Lebanese Army is operating south of the Litani River," he said.
Source: Naharnet
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