Israel and Hezbollah both claiming ceasefire violations on Day 2
CBSNOV 18 2024
An Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire appeared to hold into its third day on Friday. While no new violations were reported overnight, Israel and Hezbollah traded blame for a number of incidents over the past two days.
Separately, Israel launched two airstrikes on Thursday. The IDF said one struck two Hezbollah operatives at a site in southern Lebanon that had been used in rocket attacks on Israel. The other attack struck what the IDF said was a Hezbollah weapons depot. According to local reports, they struck Baysariyah, outside of the restricted zone.
An Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire appeared to hold into its third day on Friday. While no new violations were reported overnight, Israel and Hezbollah traded blame for a number of incidents over the past two days.
After a lot of achievements and hard work in Lebanon, Hezbollah was severely weakened and forced to accept this agreement that will keep its operatives from Israel's borders. Nonetheless, Israel remains on guard for any violations of the cease-fire agreement and will swiftly respond to them.
While this shaky peace deal may at least bring some respite from destruction and bloodshed in southern Lebanon, the reality is that Israel's military will now refocus its efforts on the Gaza war which it has fought concurrently. The Palestinians in Gaza, who are already facing a worse humanitarian crisis than the Lebanese, will now feel further devastation.