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Shafaq News- Beirut (Updated at 22:32)
Israeli forces carried out fresh
strikes and military operations across southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to
local media, despite a US-mediated framework agreement outlining a phased
Israeli withdrawal from the area.
In the Nabatiyeh district, an
Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb over Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa after striking the
town. Bint Jbeil witnessed a drone strike on an open area in Froun, which Mayor
Hassan Bazzi described as the first ceasefire violation inside the town since
the agreement took effect, saying it endangered civilians and spread fear among
residents. Another drone dropped two sound bombs near a house in Baraachit,
while a sound bomb in Burj Qallawiyeh wounded two people, according to
Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Warplanes targeted the outskirts of
Deir Seryan and Taybeh in Marjaayoun, while troops in Khiam detonated
explosives, burned homes, and advanced with military vehicles inside the town.
Israeli forces also fired cluster
munitions toward the outskirts of Shebaa and Shwaya in Hasbaya, as
reconnaissance aircraft flew over Tyre and nearby areas, warplanes conducted
low-altitude flights and a simulated raid over the Hermel highlands, and a
drone was reported over Beirut’s southern suburbs.
The Health Ministry said the
cumulative toll from the Israeli offensive between March 2 and June 28 had
reached 4,247 dead and 12,195 wounded, including women and children.
The framework agreement, signed in
Washington on Friday after a fifth round of negotiations, sets out a phased
Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. It begins with two pilot zones to be
transferred to the Lebanese army after armed groups are disarmed and their
infrastructure dismantled. Lebanon’s two main Shia parties, Hezbollah and the
Amal Movement, along with other groups and parliamentary blocs, rejected the trilateral framework, describing it as
unbalanced and a threat to Lebanese sovereignty.
Despite the deal, the Israeli army
continues its operations in southern Lebanon, with Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz stressing that no withdrawal will be
made unless Hezbollah disarms.