Exchanges put five-day old truce in Lebanon under severe strain
Buildings that were damaged or destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty ImagesBinyamin Netanyahu accused Hizbullah of a “serious violation” of the ceasefire in Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli air strikes and a rocket attack by the militant group put the five-day truce under severe strain.
The flare-up in hostilities underscored the fragility of the US-brokered agreement, which came into effect last week and raised hopes of an end to the deadliest confrontation between the two sides in decades.Unrwa suspends aid deliveries through main Gaza route after convoy attacked A French diplomatic source said Paris had “warned both sides against actions that are jeopardising the implementation of the ceasefire agreement”.
“The aggressive actions carried out by the Israeli occupation forces constitute a flagrant violation of the terms of the ceasefire,” he said. Lebanese officials said the Israeli air strikes on Monday killed one person in the town of Marjayoun, about 10km from the border with Israel. The other, a member of Lebanon’s state security forces, was killed on duty in the city of Nabatiyeh, about 12km from the border.
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