BBC correspondent of the Middle East
Israel warned that he would “react strongly” after the missiles were discharged from Lebanon – the first since he entered into force of the bilateral fire interruption agreement in November.
The sirens were heard on Saturday morning in the northern Israeli town of Metul, and the Israeli defense forces (IDF) said three rockets had been intercept. No injuries have been reported.
No group admitted to firing rockets. The Lebanese Prime Minister asked the army to take steps to prevent the land from dragging “to a new war”.
However, the head of the IDF Eyal Zamir said that “Libanon’s state bears responsibility” for supporting an tribute agreement that ended 14 months of fighting with Hezbollah, a Lebanese armed group supported by Iran.
Local reports in Lebanon said the artillery fire was fired at some southern location of the country. Israel did not confirm.
The truce was fragile: Israel performed almost daily air strikes about what he describes as Hezbollah goals, and indicated that the attacks would continue to prevent the group backwards.
In addition, the Israeli army is still occupied by five locations in southern Lebanon, in what the Lebanese government says that a violation of the sovereignty of the country and a violation of the defect agreement, which required the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Israel says that the Lebanese army has not yet been fully distributed to these areas and that it must remain in those points to guarantee the safety of its border communities.
Saturday’s rocket attack in Israel will put even more pressure on the Lebanese government, and will probably use it as evidence that the Lebanese army does not have complete control over border areas.
Despite the constant attacks of Israel, Hezbollah did not answer. The group faces the great challenge of providing financial assistance to their communities affected by war and pressing opponents to disarmament.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who came to power in January, said that only the state should have a weapon in the country, in what is seen as a reference to Hezbollah’s Arsenal. Lebanese international partners say that the country will only help if the Government acts on the suppression of Hezbollah’s powers.
Hezbollah started his campaign the day after the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, saying that he was acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza zone.
The longtime conflict escalated and led to an intense Israeli air campaign across Lebanon, assassination of older leaders of Hezbollah and invasions to Earth on southern Lebanon.
The offensive killed about 4,000 people in Lebanon – including many civilians – and led to a displacement of more than 1.2 million inhabitants.
The Israeli goal in the war against Hezbollah was to allow the return of about 60,000 inhabitants who were displaced from communities in the north of the country due to the attack of the group and removed it from the area along the border.
