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L'Orient-Le Jour
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Syrian worker injured in device explosion in Sour
A device exploded Tuesday morning in an orchard in the locality of Hanieh (Sour), injuring a Syrian worker, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in South Lebanon, Mountasser Abdallah. The man was transferred to a hospital in Sour. Several Israeli munitions landed on Lebanese territory without exploding during the more than 15 months of open conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, for which a cease-fire came into effect on Nov. 27, 2024. While the majority of Israeli bombardments took place in South Lebanon, the Bekaa and Beirut's southern suburb, bombs also fell in other parts of the country, notably in North Lebanon and Kesrouan. The Lebanese army regularly announces operations to detonate remnants of munitions from the war.
L'Orient-Le Jour
07-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
One killed in Israeli strike targetting vehicle in Saida
An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in the Villas neighborhood of Saida on Wednesday at 4:20 a.m., reported L'Orient Today's correspondent in south Lebanon, Mountasser Abdallah. The explosion caused the car to catch fire immediately. According to witnesses, rescue workers extracted the body of one deceased person from the burning vehicle. On Tuesday, an Israeli drone targeted a car in the 'al-Jamaat' neighborhood of the village of Kfar Roummane (Nabatieh). The strike killed a Hezbollah fighter identified by Israel as a 'logistics officer' for the party, who was driving the vehicle, while also injuring a Syrian passerby. These incidents occur as the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Aroldo Lázaro, on Tuesday urged the Israeli army to 'fully withdraw from Lebanese territory and not target prefabs in border villages.' Despite the ceasefire that took effect on Nov. 27, 2024, following two months of intense Israeli bombings and a ground incursion into Lebanese territory, the Israeli army regularly conducts attacks in Lebanon, claiming to target Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure, which has been significantly weakened, while claiming to respect the ceasefire. According to the truce, Hezbollah was to reposition its forces north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, and dismantle its remaining military infrastructure in the south of the country. In return, Israel was to complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, but its troops remain deployed in five 'strategic' positions.
L'Orient-Le Jour
02-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Israel claims it killed 2 Hezbollah members in strikes on Mais al-Jabal
Israeli strikes resulted in two deaths on Thursday, May 1, in Mais al-Jabal, a locality in the district of Marjayoun, which was targeted twice, less than a week after the bombing of the southern suburbs of Beirut for the third time since Nov. 27, 2024, the date when the truce with Hezbollah came into effect. The Israeli army claims to have killed two members of the party in these attacks, including a fighter from its elite unit al-Radwan. An Israeli drone first targeted a van collecting scrap metal between Mais al-Jabal and Blida, a village in the same district. This strike killed a Lebanese national and lightly injured two Syrian workers, according to reports from our correspondent in the South, Mountasser Abdallah. Shortly after, a second Israeli drone strike once again targeted Birkat Mais al-Jabal, aiming at another van and killing a member of the Civil Defense, Oussama Farhat, whose death was announced by the locality, reports our correspondent. The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of the two victims. The Israeli army claimed both strikes in a message published by its Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on X, asserting that the first strike killed a member of the al-Radwan force and the second an "agent" of Hezbollah "who was operating in the same area and gathering intelligence on behalf of the party." The party has not responded. Additionally, the Israeli artillery fired a shell towards goat herders on the outskirts of the locality of Shebaa, in the Hasbaya district. By late afternoon, another Israeli drone dropped three stun grenades towards houses in the Sawwan neighborhood, in the locality of Houla (Marjayoun). No injuries were reported in these two incidents. Despite the cease-fire, the Israeli army continues its strikes in Lebanon, mainly in the South and the Bekaa. Israeli attacks since the truce, including bombings and shellings, have resulted in 152 deaths, according to our count. The U.N. had, for its part, declared on April 15 that the Israeli army had killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon. The Israeli troops continue to occupy at least five positions they deem "strategic" in southern Lebanon, claiming to target Hezbollah. On Wednesday, the Lebanese Army announced that it had completed the dismantling of "more than 90 percent" of Hezbollah's military infrastructure in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel. "We have completed the dismantling of more than 90 percent of Hezbollah's infrastructure south of the Litani River," located about 30 km from the Israeli border, stated a security official on condition of anonymity to AFP.
