New Israeli Attacks: 'Violation of Ceasefire'

Residents in southern Lebanon sifted through rubble on Monday after returning to their homes following new Israeli attacks. Hezbollah declared the strikes a blatant violation of the fragile ceasefire.

Israel's military stated that those targeted in the city of Nabatieh were an "armed terror cell" posing an acute threat to Israeli soldiers. The military released a low-resolution image, unverified in the initial stages, purportedly showing a "terrorist."

From the Lebanese side, the events were described as Israeli forces firing on civilians who were clearing a road and recovering bodies from debris after an Israeli airstrike last week. Lebanon's state news agency NNA reported that the Israelis "opened fire with automatic weapons in their direction while they were near an excavator clearing the road," injuring several people.

The Shiite movement Hezbollah, Israel's primary adversary, echoed this account, calling the actions a "clear violation of the ceasefire." Lebanese authorities and media reported two people killed by Israeli fire, marking the first reported deaths in Lebanon in three days.

A local official in the town of Hadatha told the newspaper L'Orient Le Jour about a separate incident where Israeli forces allegedly fired on a civilian funeral procession. The event had been coordinated with the Red Cross and the Lebanese military's ceasefire monitoring unit, according to the official. No fatalities were reported in that instance.