ALWAGHT- An Israeli airstrike on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley has killed at least six people and injured two others, amid a fragile ceasefire between Tel Aviv and the Hezbollah resistance movement.
An Israeli drone strike targeted the al-Shaara area near Jennata in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, with additional Israeli military aircraft conducting surveillance flights over southern Lebanon. The Israeli military also carried out a detonation operation in al-Aadaissah near the Blue Line border. Later, Israel claimed its air force struck a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing and storage facility in the Bekaa Valley. Despite agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah on November 27 after suffering heavy losses, Israel has continued near-daily attacks, violating the truce. Lebanon recently lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council over Israeli aggression, and Hezbollah has urged the Lebanese government to ensure Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
On January 27, Lebanon agreed to extend the ceasefire with Israel until February 18, even though Israel failed to withdraw its troops and continued military actions, resulting in nearly two dozen deaths in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes targeted military sites in Syria’s Dara’a province and the Damascus countryside, hitting locations such as Inkhil town and ammunition depots in the al-Dreij area. Explosions were also reported in Quneitra near the occupied Golan Heights and Tartous. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage assessments.
Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December, Israel has intensified its military actions in Syria, targeting former Syrian army installations and arsenals. The Israeli regime has drawn widespread condemnation for violating Syria’s sovereignty and seizing land. Israel has reportedly taken over areas within a UN-patrolled buffer zone in southwestern Syria, including Mount Hermon and several towns. This has raised concerns over Israel’s exploitation of Syria’s instability, with the termination of the 1974 ceasefire agreement drawing international scrutiny. The UN had maintained a peacekeeping force in the buffer zone since the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, but Israel’s recent actions have disrupted the long-standing arrangement.
