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Israel strikes south Lebanon town, cites Hezbollah violation
The Israeli military said it carried out targeted strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in response to what it called a Hezbollah violation, a day after the latest round of US-facilitated talks…
The Israeli military said it carried out targeted strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in response to what it called a Hezbollah violation, a day after the latest round of US-facilitated talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome, ABP Live reported. Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on the town of Tibnin killed one person and injured 12 others. The Israeli military also issued an evacuation warning for the village of Mansouri, about 25 kilometres from Tibnin, saying it would act against Hezbollah there, after a senior Lebanese military official quoted by Reuters said Israel had added the village to a self-declared buffer zone in late June. The strikes came despite a security arrangement Lebanon and Israel agreed on 26 June, brokered by the United States, to reduce border hostilities. Israel has said it will keep maintaining a security zone in southern Lebanon that it describes as necessary to eliminate the threat from Hezbollah.
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ABP Live's report carries only the Israeli military's account of what triggered the strikes, a Hezbollah violation it does not spell out, alongside Lebanon's health ministry casualty figures and a senior Lebanese military official's account, relayed via Reuters, of the earlier buffer zone declaration, there is no statement here from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government. The gap between the 26 June security arrangement meant to reduce hostilities and the continued strikes and evacuation warnings is not explained by either side quoted. The military called this its first online evacuation warning for Lebanon in more than a month, and some Lebanese farmers had continued to reach their homes and fields near Mansouri despite Israeli activity nearby. Watch for a further round of the US-facilitated talks that Israel and Lebanon held in Rome.
Source: news.abplive.com
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