Hezbollah leader calls on government to work harder to end Israel's attacks on Lebanon

BEIRUT – The person of Lebanon’s Hezbollah radical called connected the authorities Monday to enactment harder to extremity Israel’s attacks successful the state a time aft an Israeli airstrike deed a suburb of Beirut.

Naim Kassem said successful a televised code that Hezbollah implemented the ceasefire deal that ended the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war successful precocious November. But contempt that, Israel is continuing with near-daily airstrikes.

Kassem’s comments came arsenic the Israeli subject said it carried retired much than 50 strikes successful Lebanon this period saying they came aft Hezbollah violated the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

On Sunday, Israeli warplanes struck Beirut’s confederate suburbs aft issuing a informing astir an hr earlier, marking the 3rd Israeli onslaught connected the country since a ceasefire took effect successful precocious November. The Israeli subject said it struck a precision-guided missiles facility.

“The absorption complied 100% with the (ceasefire) woody and I archer authorities officials that it's your work to warrant protection,” Kassem said, adding that Lebanese officials should interaction sponsors of the ceasefire truthful that they unit Israel to cease its attacks.

“Put unit connected America and marque it recognize that Lebanon cannot emergence if the aggression doesn’t stop,” Kassem said, pointing to Lebanese officials. He added that the U.S. has interests successful Lebanon and “stability achieves these interests.”

Kassem said the precedence should beryllium for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, an extremity to Israeli strikes successful the state and the merchandise of Lebanese held successful Israel since the warfare that ended connected Nov. 27.

Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles into Israel the time aft the Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected confederate Israel by its Hamas allies ignited the Israel-Hamas war. Palestinian militants killed astir 1,200 radical successful Israel and abducted 251 others during the 2023 attack.

The Israel-Hezbollah struggle exploded into all-out warfare past September erstwhile Israel carried retired waves of airstrikes and killed astir of the militant group’s elder leaders. The warring killed implicit 4,000 people.

The Lebanese authorities said earlier this period that 190 radical person been killed and 485 injured successful Lebanon by Israeli strikes since the ceasefire took effect.

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