In an extraordinary statement issued Thursday by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it admits it has carried out about 1,200 diverse operations and attacks in Lebanon, since the 27 November 2024 ceasefire, brokered by the United States, was entered into.

The IDF said, as part of the operations, it had carried out targeted killings of more than 370 Hezbollah fighters.

The IDF did not include an estimate of how many civilians were killed in southern Lebanon. On Thursday, the UN’s rights office said Israel had killed at least 127 civilians, including children, in its strikes on Lebanon since the ceasefire deal, The Times of Israel said in a report on Thursday.

The Israeli military said its operations were designed to prevent Hezbollah from re-building. Privately however, IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post, in a report published Friday, that Hezbollah’s capacity has been eroded to 20 percent since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel of 7 October 2023. At that time the group was believed to have possessed 150,000 rockets.

The IDF said it has been escalating its attacks so that Hezbollah abides by the parameters of the ceasefire and stops trying to rebuild capabilities for threatening Israel.

However there appears to have been little evidence of Hezbollah rebuilding.

“The Post has visited three different Lebanese villages or Israeli outposts in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah’s progress in reestablishing its presence appeared to be very limited,” The Jerusalem Post said in it’s report on Friday.

Both the government of Lebanon, and Hezbollah marked the first anniversary of the ceasefire with statements critical of Israel

“Today marks one year since the declaration of the ceasefire agreement, to which Lebanon has fully adhered, while Israel continues to refuse to implement it. The Lebanese Army has completely fulfilled its duties in the area of its deployment south of the Litani River,” Lebanon’s President  Joseph Aoun said Friday. 

“A full year has passed since the ceasefire agreement, and Lebanon has not witnessed any commitment by Israel to halt its attacks,” the Hezbollah statement said.

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UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon confirmed extensive breaches by the IDF, saying that inclusive of breaches of aerial sovereignty, the IDF has committed more than 10,000 violations of the ceaesfire.

“One year ago today, the cessation of hostilities agreement came into effect — reaffirming commitment to Security Council resolution 1701 as the path toward stability,” UNIFIL said in a statement posted on X on Friday.

“Yet challenges remain: unauthorized weapons and assets continue to be found, the IDF still maintains positions inside Lebanese territory and over 10,000 air and ground violations were committed during the past twelve months,” the UNIFIL statement said.