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Israel Claims Hezbollah Targeted Troops with Rockets in Ceasefire Breach
The Israeli army said it struck the launch site after Hezbollah fired several rockets at troops and accused the group of two ceasefire violations.
- On Tuesday, The Israel Defense Forces accused Hezbollah of a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire, reporting that militants fired rockets at Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon.
- The US-brokered 10-day ceasefire took effect April 17, though Israeli forces remain in a strip of Lebanese territory that Israel calls a 'buffer zone' but Lebanese officials describe as a land grab.
- Responding to the rocket fire, the IDF struck the launch site, while Hezbollah maintains a stated "right to resist" occupying forces in southern Lebanon.
- Following 220 recorded ceasefire violations, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri warned that if Israel maintains its occupation, it will "smell the scent of resistance every day."
- Ahead of planned US-mediated talks, the fragile truce faces collapse, as hostilities since March 2 have killed 2,294 people and injured 7,544 others, according to the Health Ministry.
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The Israeli army declared on Tuesday that Hezbollah had "fired several rockets" against soldiers in southern Lebanon and that the army retaliated by hitting the rocket launcher.
Israel accuses Hezbollah of multiple violations of ceasefire
The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of two “blatant” violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon on Tuesday. Israel said Hezbollah launched several rockets toward Israeli army forces south of the forward defense line in southern Lebanon on Tuesday evening. Israel responded by striking the launcher from which they were fired, the army said. The Israeli army also said alerts issued in Kibbutz Yuval and Mevo Dotan, both in northern Israel, were not false…
Hezbollah violates ceasefire, fires at IDF troops
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