The Kabul Tribune (KT) \u2014 Israel said its military destroyed
\nunderground infrastructure used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on June 29,
\n2026, two days after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.-brokered security
\narrangement aimed at reducing hostilities along the border, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
According to a joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister
\nBenjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, the operation targeted a
\n200-meter tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun. Israeli officials said the United
\nStates was informed before the operation and claimed the tunnel contained
\nhundreds of weapons and missile launchers.<\/p>\n
The strike came after Israel and Lebanon agreed on a
\nU.S.-brokered security framework that calls for a phased Israeli withdrawal
\nfrom parts of southern Lebanon alongside the deployment of the Lebanese army.
\nUnder the agreement, Israeli forces will temporarily remain in an expanded
\nsecurity zone.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli military said it had also
\ntargeted Hezbollah fighters carrying rocket-propelled grenades and struck a
\nrocket launcher in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah condemned the Israeli operations, calling them a
\n“flagrant” violation of the ceasefire. In a statement issued early
\nMonday, the group said it had so far adhered to the truce but was closely
\nmonitoring what it described as Israeli violations and reserved the right to
\ndefend Lebanon and its people.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has also rejected the new
\nsecurity agreement, describing it as a surrender to Israel and reaffirming that
\nthe group would continue its armed resistance.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu said Israeli forces would remain in the security
\nzone in southern Lebanon and continue operations against what he described as
\nHezbollah’s military infrastructure to protect Israeli communities near the
\nborder.<\/p>\n
The conflict, which has unfolded alongside the broader Iran
\nwar, has displaced more than one million people in Lebanon. Hezbollah and Iran
\nhave said the United States pledged to help end hostilities in Lebanon under a
\nmemorandum of understanding signed two weeks earlier to conclude the wider
\nconflict, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
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