The Israeli army announced Saturday the establishment of a "yellow line" of demarcation in southern Lebanon, mirroring a similar boundary drawn in Gaza.
The ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump is effective since midnight Friday © Mena Today
The Israeli army announced Saturday the establishment of a "yellow line" of demarcation in southern Lebanon, mirroring a similar boundary drawn in Gaza.
In a military statement, the army said its forces had identified armed individuals crossing from north of the line and approaching Israeli troops in a manner that posed an "immediate threat », prompting airstrikes and artillery fire in several sectors of southern Lebanon.
"Immediately after their identification, and in order to remove this threat, the Air Force and ground forces attacked the terrorists in several sectors of southern Lebanon", the statement read, adding that Israel is "authorised to take necessary measures in self-defence », and that such defensive actions are "not limited during the ceasefire period."
The ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump and effective since midnight Friday, was accepted by both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UNIFIL peacekeepers and French officials said on Saturday was likely carried out by Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a message to his nation on the first day of a ten-day truce with Lebanon: the war against Hezbollah is far from over.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States has banned Israel from further bombing in Lebanon, using an atypically harsher tone than usual with the longtime U.S. ally Israel.
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