Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday, the militant group’s first attack since its ceasefire with Israel took hold last week, after Lebanon accused Israel of violating the truce more than 50 times in recent days.
The Israeli military said two projectiles were launched towards Mount Dov, a disputed Israeli-held territory known as Shebaa Farms in Lebanon, where the borders of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel meet. Israel said the projectiles fell in open areas and no injuries were reported.
Hezbollah said in a statement that it fired on an Israeli military position in the area as a “defensive and warning response” after what it called “repeated violations” of the ceasefire deal by Israel.
It said complaints to mediators tasked with monitoring the ceasefire “were futile in stopping these violations”.
“Hezbollah’s firing at Har Dov is a serious violation of the ceasefire and Israel will respond forcefully,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We are determined to uphold the ceasefire and respond to any violation by Hezbollah, no matter how minor or serious.”
The ceasefire brokered by the US and France came into effect on Wednesday calling for a 60-day halt in fighting, aiming to end more than a year of exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel.
Since then, Israel has carried out a number of strikes in Lebanon, most recently on Monday, when a drone strike killed a man on a motorcycle in southern Lebanon and another hit a Lebanese army bulldozer in the northeastern town of Hermel, wounding a soldier. The Lebanese army had stayed on the sidelines of the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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