Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck the heights of Qusayya near the city of Zahle in eastern Lebanon, the Janoubia news platform reported that the planes fired missiles at three military facilities in the area.
There is no information about the consequences of the air attack. In its turn, TASS reminds that on December 25, the Israeli Air Force bombed the warehouse of the Shia Hezbollah militia in Taraya settlement west of Baalbek. According to the Israeli military, Iranian weapons were transferred there from Syria at the beginning of December. One of the houses was destroyed during the attack, there are no reports of casualties or injuries. On December 26, Israeli special forces "cleared" the Wadi al-Khojair district of the border region of Marjayoun in the south of Lebanon.
During the operation, armored vehicles entered the village of Kantara, its residents were urgently evacuated to neighboring villages. The Lebanese command informed the UN Interim Force in Lebanon about the actions of the Israeli armed forces, assessing them as a violation of the ceasefire regime. Earlier, the Prime Minister of the Republic, Najib Mikati, accused Israel of not fulfilling its obligations under the 60-day ceasefire agreement.
He called on the ceasefire monitoring committee to "end Israeli violations and achieve the withdrawal of the occupying forces from all the territories occupied by them in the south of Lebanon." According to Janoubia platform, the Israeli side notified the US and France this week that it may extend its military presence in southern Lebanon for a month if the Lebanese army by January 27 does not complete the deployment of its forces in the border regions. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon entered into force on November 27.
The agreements reached provide for the restoration of the control of the Lebanese army in the south of the country, the withdrawal and disarmament of the "Hezbollah" detachments from there. Israeli troops conducting a ground operation must withdraw from Lebanese territory within 60 days.
