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Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Hezbollah claims Israel violated truce by firing on ‘civilians’ who IDF says were gunmen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Hezbollah terror group says Israel violated the ceasefire by opening fire on a “group of civilians” near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon today.
The Israeli military said troops struck a group of Hezbollah gunmen who posed a threat to forces in the Ali Taher ridge area. It published a photo it said shows one of the gunmen.
Hezbollah claims that the IDF opened fire on a “group of civilians… who were working to clear roads and recover the bodies of martyrs from beneath the rubble.”
Lebanese media reported that two people were killed by Israeli fire in the area, and others were wounded.
The terror group says it “warns that what the enemy has done constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire, which [Hezbollah] has adhered to until now.”
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