\n
![](\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5275742.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
SOUTH LEBANON – For the seventh day, Israel continues its violations of the ceasefire agreement in several Lebanese regions. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has revealed that his government has \u201cintensified diplomatic contacts to emphasize the priority of stabilizing the situation for the return of the displaced to their regions and expanding the Lebanese army\u2019s deployment in the south.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the ground, the intensity of the Israeli air attacks has decreased, however, the expansion of the ground incursion toward deeper areas that the enemy had not reached before was noticeable.<\/p>\n
Among the dozens of recorded ceasefire violations is a drone that targeted a house on the outskirts of the town of Beit Lif in southern Lebanon, wounding a citizen. The civilian death toll, including a woman and her child, from a raid on a house in the town of Haris has reached 6. In addition, three others have been injured.<\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of 3 citizens in the town of Taloussa. In Shebaa, shepherd Jamal Saab was martyred after being targeted by a drone in the al-Marjeh area on the outskirts of the town while grazing his livestock.\u00a0 An Israeli drone has also targeted a Lebanese army bulldozer while it was operating in the Hosh al-Sayyed Ali area in Hermel, wounding one soldier.<\/p>\n
An informed source told Reuters that \u201ccontacts focused on Paris to expedite the dispatch of its delegate to the supervisory committee to begin its work, which may embarrass the Israeli enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added that the committee responsible for monitoring the ceasefire agreement will hold its first meeting on Thursday after the French representative to the committee, General Guillaume Pontchin, arrives in Beirut on Thursday.\u00a0 General Pontchin will be accompanied by French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu.<\/p>\n
However, the location of the meeting has not yet been decided due to Lebanon\u2019s reservations about the entry of the Israeli representative to the committee into the UNIFIL headquarters inside the Lebanese territories.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot has informed his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa\u2019ar of \u201cthe necessity for all parties to abide by the agreement.\u201d In turn, US envoy Amos Hochstein has stated that \u201cthe continuation of the ceasefire requires restraint from all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n
During a visit to the northern border, Israeli War Minister Yisrael Katz called on the Lebanese government to \u201cauthorize the Lebanese army to carry out its role; remove Hezbollah from the Litani; and dismantle its entire infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Katz threatened: \u201cIf the ceasefire collapses, there will be no exception for the Lebanese state [institutions]. We will implement the agreement with maximum impact and zero tolerance. If we have so far differentiated between Lebanon and Hezbollah, this will not remain the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
This warning followed Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cinitial warning defensive response\u201d on Monday, targeting the Israeli Ruwaysat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kfar Shuba. Hezbollah\u2019s firm message confirmed that a breach is met with a breach.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah\u2019s warning has prompted US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to ask Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Don Dermer to \u201cissue a public statement that Israel respects the ceasefire and will not withdraw from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Channel 13 reported that Israeli officials \u201cassured the US government of its commitment to the ceasefire.\u201d Nevertheless, Netanyahu said, \u201cWe are in a state of ceasefire, not the end of the war,\u201d noting that \u201cwe are implementing the ceasefire in Lebanon with an iron fist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Netanyahu\u2019s statement has been interpreted as an insistence on violations to establish the principle of \u201cfreedom of movement\u201d by targeting Lebanon. It also confirms his miserable failure to achieve any strategic goals. Netanyahu can do nothing but display murderous \u201ccapabilities\u201d before the Israelis to claim that he has the upper hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n