{"id":576,"date":"2026-06-06T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-06-06T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:40:41","slug":"israeli-airstrikes-kill-9-including-lebanese-army-officers-after-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Israeli airstrikes kill 9 including Lebanese army officers after ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An airstrike on a vehicle on a road linking the city of Nabatiyeh with the town of Marjayoun killed a brigadier general, a captain and another soldier, the army said, without immediately releasing their names. Another airstrike on the southern village of Saksakiyah killed six people and wounded four, state-run National News Agency said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe continued, deliberate, and repeated Israeli aggression against Lebanon, its people and its army only strengthens our resolve, faith and determination,\u201d the army said in its statement. <\/p>\n

It said Israel\u2019s attacks aim to thwart all efforts \u201cto reach a solution that would restore stability, establish a comprehensive ceasefire and lead to the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Lebanese territories.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Israeli military confirmed hitting a vehicle and said the incident is being reviewed. The statement added that the vehicle was \u201cmoving suspiciously\u201d toward Israeli soldiers near the village of Kfar Tibnit, after the military received \u201cconcrete indications\u201d that Hezbollah would direct fire toward Israeli soldiers from the same area. <\/p>\n

The military said that it operates against Hezbollah and not against the Lebanese army.<\/p>\n

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Lebanon\u2019s President Joseph Aoun called the strike \u201ca flagrant violation to Lebanese sovereignty and international law.\u201d He said it came in the context of \u201congoing escalation that threatens stability and security in the south (of Lebanon), despite the efforts Lebanon is exerting in the Washington negotiations to put an end to the ongoing Israeli attacks without deterrent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The latest ceasefire announced in Washington came about through U.S.-brokered talks<\/span> between Israel and Lebanon\u2019s government, which accuses Hezbollah of dragging the country into war and had made efforts to disarm it before the latest hostilities. Hezbollah has refused the truce<\/span>. <\/p>\n

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On Friday, Aoun and Lebanon\u2019s prime minister criticized Iran for opposing the latest ceasefire deal<\/span> between the Lebanese government and Israel, saying their country should not be used by Tehran as a \u201cbargaining chip\u201d in its talks with Washington<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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