Continued Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire agreement

Israeli forces continued their military operations in southern Lebanon yesterday, ignoring the ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States of America. This new escalation raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to the recently concluded fragile agreement. The Israeli army issued urgent warnings to the residents of the towns of Habbush and Deir al-Zahrani, demanding them to evacuate and move away at least a thousand meters. While Israeli artillery targeted a wide range It included the towns of Shuhur, Yuhmur, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Kafr Tasir, Sir al-Gharbiyah, Yatar, Haddatha, and Harj Ali al-Tahir. The town of Al-Duwair witnessed the heaviest attacks, as Israeli warplanes launched a devastating raid on Al-Baraka neighborhood, killing five people and injuring two others. Lebanese civil defense teams worked to remove the victims from the rubble and transfer them to Nabatieh hospitals. In the town of Tibnin, an airstrike near the government hospital killed two people and injured Another. A drone also targeted a motorcycle on a public road in the North Tower, killing one person. The Lebanese Red Cross team continued its search operations in the stockpile area on the outskirts of Shab 'a. The toll of the previous shelling on the town of Deir Qanun Al-Nahr in Tyre district rose to 14 dead and three wounded, bringing the total number of victims to 21. This escalation puts the ceasefire agreement to the test, and raises fears that tension will return to its peak in The border area.