Israel goes all out ahead of negotiations. Over 200 attacks on Hezbollah

The Israeli army (IDF) announced on Saturday afternoon that in the last 24 hours it had attacked more than 200 targets of the pro-Iranian terrorist group Hezbollah, which operates from southern Lebanon. Israeli-Lebanese negotiations are scheduled to take place in Washington next week.

“The Israeli Air Force continues to attack Hezbollah infrastructure and support ground forces operating in southern Lebanon,” the IDF said. She stated that the targets of the shelling were, among others, infrastructure and Hezbollah rocket launchers.

The Times of Israel website emphasized that since Wednesday evening, when a truce was announced between Iran on the one hand, and Israel and the USA on the other, the Israeli army has not carried out any attack on Hezbollah in the capital of Lebanon – Beirut.

Reuters recalled that on Saturday morning the Lebanese state news agency reported the death of at least three people in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon. He also noted that although sirens sounded throughout Saturday in northern Israel, along the border with Lebanon, no incidents were reported.

World agencies emphasized that the IDF statement was published at the moment when talks with the participation of the Iranian and US delegations began in the capital of Pakistan – Islamabad – on the possibility of ending the war between Israel and the US against Iran, which has been ongoing since February 28. Next week, talks between the delegations of Israel and Lebanon will be held in Washington on ending the Israeli military operation against Hezbollah, which has been ongoing since March 2.

According to Lebanese authorities, more than 2,000 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive that has been going on for over a month. people, including several hundred women and children, and the UN estimates the number of those forced to leave their homes at over 1.2 million. (PAP)

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