Israeli shelling, detonations, and warnings continue in south Lebanon
The Israeli army shelled Monday evening into Tuesday several southern border towns including Houla, Deir Seryan, Touline, Qabrikha and al-Qantara.
Forces also detonated houses in Haddatha, Beit Yahoun, and al-Qantaa.
The Israeli army warned Monday Christian villages in Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, including Jdeidet Marjayoun, Ebel El Saqi, Al-Qlaiaa, Bourj El Mlouk, and Deir Mimas, against "the infiltration of Hezbollah members" into their villages.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.
15 Christian towns denied these allegations. The mayor of the Christian village of Rmeish, Hanna al-Amil said that even contemplating the idea was "absolutely out of the question".
Israeli forces have continued to clash with Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel and Lebanon intended to pave the way toward a lasting end to hostilities.
A school principal, her mother, a foreign domestic worker, and a male Syrian worker were killed on Monday when an Israeli drone targeted the car they were traveling in as they returned from inspecting their family home in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, just outside the Israeli-declared Yellow Line.
Source: Naharnet
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