AhlulBayt News Agency: An Israeli tank opened fire on a Lebanese army unit as it was carrying out a joint field mission with UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s official news agency has reported.
According to the National News Agency (NNA), the shooting that took place near Wadi al-Asafir, south of the town of Khiam in Marjayoun District, on Friday, originated from an Israeli tank that emerged from a newly established military position.
It targeted the vicinity of the Lebanese army force while it was operating alongside troops from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
The report did not specify casualties or damage resulting from the incident. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
From time to time, UN peacekeeping forces stationed in southern Lebanon report coming under Israeli fire, calling for adherence to ceasefire. The Israeli regime, however, has largely ignored these calls.
The ceasefire that was signed in 2024 ended more than a year of Israeli attacks that killed over 4,000 people and injured 17,000 others.
Its conclusion followed decisive solidarity strikes against sensitive and strategic Israeli targets by Hezbollah in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who had come under a genocidal Israeli war, as well as successful retaliatory operations launched by the Lebanese resistance movement in response to Israeli incursions inside Lebanon.
Under the agreement, the Israeli army was supposed to withdraw from southern Lebanon in January 2025, but it only partially pulled out and continues to maintain an illegal military presence at five border outposts.
The Friday incident came days after new Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed two people despite the ceasefire. The Lebanese health ministry reported that “Israeli enemy strike… on a vehicle in the town of Zahrani in the Sidon district killed one person” on Wednesday, and later another person was killed in a similar strike targeting a vehicle in the town of Bazuriyeh in the Tyre district.
The regime claimed the attacks targeted fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement “in response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings.” The movement has routinely pledged commitment to the agreement.
Lebanese authorities have warned that the regime’s violations of the ceasefire, which has been repeatedly breached since November 2024, threaten national stability.
According to the health ministry, the regime has killed at least 435 people in Lebanon since the truce took effect on November 27 that year, despite the agreement requiring a full withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
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