Israeli airstrikes target southern Lebanon

The attacks also struck locations near the Litani River, including the outskirts of Aishiya, Wadi Zebqin, and the area between Aita al-Jabal and Beit Yahoun.

The airstrikes come despite a ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese based resistance movement Hezbollah and the Israeli regime, which was reached on November 26, 2024, and took effect the following day.

After failing to achieve its goals, the Zionist regime was compelled to accept a ceasefire with Hezbollah. Yet, the regime continues to violate the agreement almost on a daily basis through launching attacks on Lebanese territories.

On December 2, the Zionist regime breached the ceasefire 52 times within the first five days.

At least 259 violations were reported, resulting in 31 fatalities and 39 injuries by December 20.

Despite the ceasefire agreement with the Hezbollah resistance movement, Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes against several villages in southern Lebanon.

In early February 2025, Lebanon lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council against Zionist regime over its continued violations of a ceasefire agreement and UN Resolution 1701.

A Foreign Ministry statement said the complaint was filed through Lebanon’s permanent mission in New York in response to Israel’s violation of resolution 1701 and the declaration of cessation of hostilities, and its complete disregard of related security arrangements.

According to the ministry, the complaint explained in detail the Israeli violations in southern Lebanon, including its ground and air assaults, destruction of homes and residential neighborhoods, abduction of Lebanese citizens, including army soldiers, and attacks on civilians returning to their border villages.

The Zionist regime’s military carried out acts of aggression in south Lebanon soon after launching a genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip in October 2023.

The Zionist regime’s offensives in Lebanon have resembled its atrocities across the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, where it has martyred more than 48,446 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

The Lebanese resistance movement, however, stood up to the aggression with all at its disposal, conducting numerous retaliatory strikes against sensitive and strategic Israeli targets.

More than 25 strikes were reported in southern Lebanon in the past hour, marking the largest assault since the ceasefire in November.

The Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon escalated in October and November 2024 as intense bombardments of civilian areas destroyed thousands of homes and a significant portion of the infrastructure in southern regions and also in Beirut.

Since the onset of the escalation in October 2023, around 4,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, have been martyred, and over one million people displaced.