The Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, stated in a release: A short while ago, Air Force planes attacked terrorist infrastructure, weaponry storage facilities, and a launch platform belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The presence of these storage facilities, infrastructure, and the platform constituted a breach of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. He added that the Israel Defense Forces will continue to act to remove any threat to the State of Israel.
On the other hand, a source told Sputnik that the Israeli raids targeted the towns of Al-Housh and Toul, the Al-Ras neighborhood in Deir al-Zahrani, and the areas of Ansar and Sinai, as well as the Ruwaisat al-Alam site towards the outskirts of the town of Kfar Shuba. The Lebanese Ministry of Health’s Public Health Emergency Operations Center issued a statement announcing that the Israeli army raid on the town of Al-Housh in the Tyre district resulted in seven people being injured.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced on August 5, after a government session lasting over five hours, that he tasked the Lebanese army with developing an implementation plan to restrict weapons to state control, including disarming Hezbollah, to be presented to the Cabinet before the end of the current month, aiming to complete the file before the end of the year.
Washington demands that Lebanon disarm Hezbollah and all armed groups, conditioning any partnership with Lebanon on cooperation in disarming Hezbollah. There are repeated calls from regional and Western capitals, in addition to Lebanese political forces, to restrict weapons to state control, referring to Hezbollah’s arms, while the party asserts that its weapons are dedicated to resisting the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
A ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on November 27, 2024, more than a year after Hezbollah opened fire on October 8, 2023. The Israeli army was supposed to complete its withdrawal from the areas it occupied in southern Lebanon by the morning of January 26 last year, but Israel did not adhere to the deadline, maintaining its military presence in five strategic points in southern Lebanon, citing the need to protect northern settlements. Despite the agreement, the Israeli army occasionally launches strikes in Lebanon, claiming they are to remove Hezbollah threats.
