Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned today the "flagrant violation of the ceasefire" after an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, four months after an agreement was reached that ended the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
The strike represents a "flagrant violation of the cessation of hostilities agreement" and UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the previous war in 2006 and on the basis of which a ceasefire was concluded that came into effect on November 27 last year, the prime minister said.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the coup and called on Lebanon's allies to support the country's right to full sovereignty.
The Israeli military bombed a southern suburb of Beirut earlier today, killing three people including a Hezbollah official. It was the second strike on Beirut since the start of a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah four months ago.
The attack was carried out without warning at around 3.30:XNUMX a.m. during the celebration of the end of Ramadan.
Ahead of the previous strike on March 28, the Israeli military called on residents to evacuate before bombing a southern Lebanese suburb considered a Hezbollah stronghold. It was the first strike on Beirut since a ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect on November 27.
The Israeli military said in a joint statement with the Shin Bet internal security service that today's strike targeted "a Hezbollah terrorist who was leading Hamas agents and helping them plan a major terrorist attack against Israeli civilians."
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said three people were killed and seven injured in the strike.
A source close to Hezbollah said the Israeli strike targeted Hassan Bdair, who was in charge of Palestinian affairs within Hezbollah, Hamas's ally in the war against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Bdair was at home with his family when the strike was carried out, the source said.
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The Israeli army struck a high-rise building in the southern suburbs of Beirut early this morning, killing at least three people, in an attack that was said to have targeted a member of the militant group Hezbollah.
The unwarned airstrike came days after Israel attacked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, the first time since November, when a ceasefire ended fighting between Israeli forces and the militant group Hezbollah.
At least seven people were wounded in an airstrike on Beirut this morning, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.
The Israeli military said the latest strike targeted a Hezbollah member who had been helping the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip carry out attacks against Israel. The military added that the attack was carried out on the instructions of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency.
Footage on social media shows that three floors of the apartment building and vehicles parked in front of it were damaged.
The US-brokered ceasefire ended a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israeli forces were to withdraw from Lebanese territory by the end of January, while Hezbollah was to end its armed presence south of the Litani River along the border with Israel.
Israel has carried out daily strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon since the ceasefire came into effect, saying it was targeting Hezbollah officials and infrastructure. The Lebanese army has gradually deployed in the south of the country, and Beirut has appealed to the international community to pressure Israel to stop the attacks and withdraw the forces still stationed on five hills on Lebanese territory.
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