Israeli troops advance against Hezbollah near the Litani River. Earlier, the Israeli army issued an evacuation order for the area, making the ceasefire fragile.
With the ceasefire, which went into effect on April 17 between Israel and Lebanon torpedoed and talks in Washington last week ending inconclusive, yesterday Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military “to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon with force“.
Earlier today, the Israeli army issued an urgent notice to residents of seven villages north of the Litani river to evacuate. Subsequently, the Israeli army launched attacks on targets in southern Lebanon
“Israeli warplanes carried out a raid against Kfar Tibnit,” one of the seven villages in the area around the Litani River
. This was reported by the Lebanese news agency “Ani”. Initial reports are of casualty.
As part of military operations, the Israel’s Air Force earlier announced that it had “successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target detected in the airspace where IDF forces operate in southern Lebanon.”
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