On November 6, Israel launched a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon after issuing many evacuation orders, declaring the target to the armed group Hezbollah.
Israeli military spokesman avichay Adraee posted on social media orders for civilians to leave many locations marked on maps, from about 4km to nearly 24km from the Israeli border. People are asked to keep a distance of 500m from these areas.
The airstrikes took place about an hour after evacuation orders were issued, creating large columns of smoke rising from many locations. Lebanon's health ministry said one person was injured in the bombing in the afternoon, after another was killed in the previous airstrike. These airstrikes are of a different nature as they rarely come with evacuation warnings.
Israel has accused Hezbollah of seeking to rebuild military capabilities in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire reached a year ago to end more than a year of fighting between the two sides.
Israeli government spokesman Shosh Bedrosian said that Israel will continue to protect the border and request full implementation of the ceasefire agreement, while affirming that it will not allow Hezbollah to reorganize or restore the military power that was destroyed in the 2023 - 2024 campaign.
Hezbollah said it still complied with the ceasefire agreement and held its legitimate rights to fight Israel. The group has not obstructed the operations of the Lebanese army in the south and has not fired at Israel since the deal took effect.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army condemned the attacks, saying Israel was continuing to stabilize and expand the scale of the destruction in the south of the country.
The United Nations, through peacekeeping forces, said the Israeli airstrikes were a clear violation of Resolution 1701 of the Security Council, a document adopted in 2006 to maintain peace along the Lebanon- Israel border. UNIFIL called on Israel to immediately stop military action, and asked the parties in Lebanon to avoid steps that could escalate the situation.
The airstrike destroyed a mechanical workshop in the town of Abbasiyeh. The owner of Ahmad al- Kayyal said the store is the source of income for many households, and he only makes household products such as doors, tables and chairs or railings. Meanwhile, people in the affected areas expressed concern that these developments could lead to a large-scale extortion campaign.
