The Israeli army confirmed this Monday that it had bombed in the last hour, 25 Hezbollah Advisory Council “targets” across Lebanonwhile negotiations continue between the parties for a possible truce agreement which seems close.
The attacks took place in the south of Nabatieh, in the east of the Bekah Valley, in Baalbek and in the suburbs of Dahye in Beirut, according to a military statement, which specifies that in these geographical points there were “centers Hezbollah Advisory Council Command Center as well as Hezbollah command centers. control and information collection centers, as well as militiamen.
“These attacks degrade the ability of the Hezbollah Advisory Council to direct and assist Hezbollah terrorists in their attacks against Israel, as well as the command and control capabilities of Hezbollah and its affiliates. ability to group and collect intelligence information”, justifies the text. The chairman of the Advisory Council was Hashem Safieddine, cousin of Hezbollah’s top leader, Hasan Nasrallah, and his designated successor, killed like the second in an Israeli bombardment during that war.
These attacks come as Israeli sources assure that “closer than ever” to a ceasefire agreement in Lebanonconfirmed a source close to the matter, since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have accepted “in principle” the American proposal.
“Very significant progress has been made”the source said of the proposal that US mediator Amos Hochstein presented to both sides last week during a trip to the region. Netanyahu held a meeting with some ministers and security officials last night to discuss the proposal from Joe Biden’s US government envoy, during which he agreed to accept the project “in principle”, but with “some reservations”.
The source explained that these reservations concern the “Freedom of action” over Lebanese airspace demanded by Israel in case Hezbollah violates the terms of the ceasefire and Lebanese troops – who control the border – fail to act, which Lebanon and the Shiite group categorically reject.
The proposal includes three stages: a truce followed by the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces north of the Litani River; a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon and finally negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on the demarcation of their border, which currently constitutes a dividing line established by the UN after the 2006 war.
Spain condemns attacks against civilian population and demands ceasefire
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, condemned this Monday the attacks the “indiscriminate” attacks and missile launches of Hezbollah from Lebanon towards Israel and the Israeli bombings against that country this weekend, and demanded an immediate ceasefire.
“Deeply shocked by the humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon. We condemn the “indiscriminate bombings on the civilian population and missile attacks from Hezbollah this weekend”wrote Albares on the social network
Foreign sources clarified that Albares’ condemnation of the attacks refers to both Israel’s attacks against the civilian population in Lebanon, as well as Hezbollah’s rocket attacks. Shiite militia intensified attacks this weekend against Israel firing more than 250 projectilesincluding missiles and drones, not only towards the north, but also towards the center of the country, where sirens sounded repeatedly throughout the day and several people were injured.
