IDF strikes Hezbollah sites, as Katz claims Aoun’s government responsible for ceasefire violations

Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck a Hezbollah facility and a tunnel belonging to the terror group near the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon a short while ago, the IDF says.

The military says the existence of the site is a violation of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

צה״ל תקף תשתיות צבאיות באתר של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בדרום לבנון

צה״ל תקף לפני זמן קצר, באמצעות מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר, תשתית צבאית ותשתית תת קרקעית באתר של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה, בהם זוהתה פעילות צבאית במרחב רכס הבופור שבדרום לבנון.

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“We will not budge from our policy of maximum enforcement and will not allow threats to arise against the residents of the north and all citizens of Israel,” Defense Minister Israel Katz says in a statement on the strikes.

In a message to Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, Katz says Israel views Beirut as “directly responsible for enforcing Lebanon’s sovereignty and upholding the ceasefire agreement.”

The Lebanese government has been working to disarm Hezbollah, but has sometimes been criticized for not doing so effectively. Critics of Israeli policy, however, argue that carrying out such strikes too regularly without giving the Lebanese government the opportunity to dismantle Hezbollah on its own may risk undermining the first-ever government that has expressed a genuine willingness to address the issue.