Israel attacks Lebanon amid framework peace deal

Israel announced the destruction of an extensive tunnel in southern Lebanon, which it claimed contained hundreds of weapons and launch shafts intended to target Israeli civilians. The Israeli army stated the tunnel stretched over 200 meters and reached a depth of more than 25 meters.

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The tunnel, stretching more than 200 metres and reaching a depth of over 25 metres, contained hundreds of weapons as well as several launch shafts intended to target the State of Israel and its civilians.

This action took place shortly after Lebanon and Israel signed a trilateral framework agreement, brokered by the United States, intended to pave the way for peace and the disarmament of Iran-backed Hezbollah. Lebanese state media reported strikes in the southern Nabatieh area, with the health ministry confirming two people were wounded by an Israeli stun grenade. An AFP reporter observed smoke rising in the distance near the village of Majdal Zoun.

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Israel informed the United States and the US representative in Lebanon in advance of the destruction of the infrastructure.

In response, Hezbollah declared the Israeli action a "blatant violation of the ceasefire" and asserted its right to defend its homeland and people. The group, which had previously drawn Lebanon into the Middle East war in March, strongly opposes the peace agreement, with a leader calling it "null and void" and a "surrender of sovereignty."

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what the enemy has done is a blatant violation of the ceasefire to which it has adhered until now.

Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jointly stated that the United States and its representative in Lebanon were informed in advance of the tunnel's destruction. Netanyahu described the agreement as historic for Israel and a blow to Iran. However, Katz insisted that Israeli troops would remain in Lebanon as long as Hezbollah was armed, a stance that Hezbollah vehemently rejects.

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it is monitoring and tracking these violations, and reserves its right to defend its homeland and its people.