RT crew films Israel striking Lebanon despite US-mediated truce (VIDEO)
Ali Rida Sbeity reports from the southern Tyre District as the IDF issues new evacuation orders
An RT crew has filmed an airstrike in southern Lebanon as the Israeli military continued to pound targets despite a ceasefire declared last month.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck the town of Habboush on Friday, killing six people, including a woman and a child, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
“This comes just one day after Israel killed eight civilians in south Lebanon. Four of them were women, and two of them were children. All of this is happening during the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel,” RT’s Ali Rida Sbeity said, reporting from Lebanon’s Tyre District.
Sbeity said Israeli aircraft and drones were flying at low altitude, and an airstrike was carried out near the area where he was reporting. Israel has previously issued evacuation orders for 24 villages in the area.
IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said on Wednesday that there was “no ceasefire” between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah despite the US-mediated truce between Israel and Lebanon reached on April 16. Under the agreement, Israel promised to halt offensive operations in Lebanon but reserved the right to defend itself against “planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.”
Hezbollah, which boycotted the negotiations last month, has demanded that the IDF halt all troop movements and return to positions it held before early March, when it began firing rockets at Israel in support of Iran. An Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack in southern Lebanon on Thursday.
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More than 2,600 people have been killed in Lebanon since March 2, and around 1.2 million have been displaced, according to Lebanese authorities.
