Israel is launching air strikes on Hezbollah targets in the Lebanon valley in the Lebanon Valley
The ongoing military strikes in Israel in Lebanon are sending a “clear message” to Hezbollah, the Minister of Defense Israel Katz said on Tuesday, accusing the Islamist group supported by Iran to seek to rebuild his forces in violation of a cease-fire agreement.
The Israeli army said earlier on Tuesday that it had started striking goals belonging to Hezbollah’s elite unit, Radwan Force, in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that at least six people were injured in Israeli strikes.
“The strikes of the Israeli defense forces currently underway in Lebanon are a clear message to the terrorist organization of Hezbollah, which plots to rebuild Raid’s capacities against Israel through Radwan’s strength,” Katz said in a statement.
Strikes are also a message to the Lebanese government, which is responsible for maintaining the ceasefire agreement, he added.
There was no immediate public response from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government to the last Israeli strikes.
Since the cross -border attack of Hamas from the Gaza Strip in southern Israel in October 2023, Israel has carried out targeted strikes on the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah as well as members of the Palestinian factions in Lebanon.
The deputy chief of Hamas was killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut in early 2024, and other strikes struck Palestinian camps in northern Lebanon.
Israel and Hezbollah concluded a cease-fire contract in November 2024, ending more than a year of fighting that had overflowed with the War of Israel with Hamas in Gaza.
The agreement calls for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon and says that all “unauthorized weapons” and military infrastructure should be dismantled, starting with southern Lebanon.
The people of Lebanon bury their dead and try to rebuild their lives while a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, as the CBC News hears divided opinions on the future of the weakened militant group.
The group, appointed a terrorist entity by countries like Canada, has been under pressure in recent months in Lebanon and from Washington to completely give up its weapons.
Hezbollah’s difficulties have been aggravated by seismic changes in the regional balance of power since Israel has decimated his command and killed thousands of his fighters.
The Syrian ally of Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad, was overthrown in December, breaking a line of supply in key weapons from Iran, which is now emerging from its own exchanges of strikes with Israel.
