Hezbollah rocket fire on Israel proves Lebanon ‘lied’ about disarming group, says IDF

The Israeli military says Hezbollah has fired some 3,000 rockets and other projectiles from areas south of the Litani River amid the current fighting, which it says is proof that the Lebanese army “lied” about dismantling the terror group’s infrastructure in the area.

“On [January 8], the Lebanese army announced the completion of the first phase of the weapons confinement operation, claiming it had successfully disarmed the area south of the Litani River. However, we doubted the credibility of this announcement,” says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee in a statement.

“Today, it is clear that this announcement was nothing but an outright lie,” he says.

According to Adraee, since the start of the current fighting on March 2, Hezbollah has fired “approximately 3,000 rockets and projectiles from the area south of the Litani River.”

“This data is considered the strongest evidence of the complete failure of the weapons confinement operation in disarming the Hezbollah terror organization and in clearing the area of its terrorist infrastructure,” he says.

Adraee says it also indicates the Lebanese army’s “severe failure” in preventing Hezbollah from crossing the Litani River and moving operatives and weapons into southern Lebanon.