He added Netanyahu In his statements on Thursday, he said that “the threat in the north has been removed,” noting that military operations in the region have contributed to significantly reducing this threat.
He also stressed that Israel It will continue to work to convince “not only our enemies, but also our residents,” referring to Israeli citizens, stressing that the return of life to normal will occur gradually when citizens feel that conditions have become conducive to this.
Exchange of violations
The Israeli army said on Thursday that its fighters opened fire on southern Lebanon after discovering Lebanese Hezbollah activities in a missile storage facility, in the first Israeli air strike a day after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the Israeli air attack, which came hours after the Israeli army announced that it had opened fire on people who tried to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon.
Israel said they violated the ceasefire agreement without revealing any details.
The official Lebanese National News Agency said that two people were injured.
The successive incidents have raised concerns about the agreement brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire under which Hezbollah fighters will withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces will return to their side of the border.
The Lebanese Forces and United Nations peacekeeping forces will organize patrols in the buffer zone.
The official Lebanese News Agency said on Thursday that the second day of the ceasefire, which came after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, witnessed Israeli fire targeting civilians in Marqaba near the border, without revealing further details.
Israel said it fired artillery shells at three other sites near the border, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press (AP) correspondent in northern Israel, near the border, heard the sounds of Israeli drones flying overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli army said in a statement: “Several suspects were identified and arrived in vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, violating the terms of the ceasefire.
The statement said that the forces “opened fire towards them” and that they “will implement measures to confront violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
It is noteworthy that under the ceasefire agreement, Hezbollah must withdraw beyond the Litani River, which flows about 30 kilometers north of the border with Israel.
Israeli forces are scheduled to gradually withdraw from Lebanon within 60 days, but the Israeli army says it is currently still taking action against Hezbollah members who violate the agreement in the region.
