Israeli Forces Launch Attacks on Gaza Strip and Lebanon
PALESTINE – Israeli forces on Tuesday launched attacks on Gaza Strip, involving artillery shelling and airstrikes despite ceasefire.
Witnesses said that Israeli forces conducted intense airstrikes in the western parts of the southern city of Rafah, while Israeli artillery shelled the eastern areas.
Israeli gunboats opened fire from the sea towards Khan Younis, causing panic among the displaced in the area.
In northern Gaza, the Israeli army carried out demolition operations inside the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, amid intense drone flights over the area’s airspace.
The latest assaults came despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect in Gaza on Oct. 10 under Trump’s plan, halting two years of Israeli genocide that has killed more than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured nearly 171,000 others since October 2023.
According to a statement by the Gaza Government Media Office on Tuesday, the Israeli army committed 738 ceasefire violations in 60 days, including direct gunfire and shelling towards unarmed civilians and homes, demolition of civilian infrastructure, and raids on residential areas with military vehicles.
Israel’s “systematic violations” resulted in the death of 386 civilians and the injury of 980 others, in addition to 43 unlawful arrests, the statement said.
Regarding the entry of humanitarian aid and fuel into the enclave, the media office reported that an average of 226 aid trucks entered Gaza daily, instead of the minimum 600 that Israel is required to allow under the deal.
Similarly, roughly five trucks carrying fuel were allowed into Gaza on a daily basis, out of 50 stipulated under the agreement, causing the severe disruptions of hospitals, bakeries, water stations, and sewage facilities operations, the statement added.
The government media office called on Trump and other mediators of the ceasefire agreement to assume their legal and moral responsibilities and compel Israel to fully implement its commitments under the deal to prevent further deterioration of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip.
Israel Launches Attacks on Southern Lebanon
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on areas in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire deal that has been in effect since November last year, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Tuesday.
According to the NNA, the warplanes targeted a valley in southern Lebanon where the towns of Izze and Romin are located as well as the town of Jbaa and areas of Zefta and Mount Safi.
It was reported that several homes in Jbaa were damaged in the attack.
Lebanese authorities have not yet issued a statement on whether there were any casualties as of reporting this.
The Israeli army said early Tuesday that it struck infrastructure belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah in several areas of southern Lebanon.
It said in a statement that as part of the strikes, the army struck a compound used by Hezbollah’s Radwan Force for conducting training and courses.
The army claimed that both the targets and the training activities conducted there violated understandings between Israel and Lebanon and posed a threat to Israel’s security.
The ceasefire officially went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024 after attacks between Hezbollah and Israel began in October 2023 and turned into a full-scale offensive in September 2024. Over 4,000 people were killed and 17,000 injured.
Under the ceasefire, the Israeli army was supposed to withdraw from southern Lebanon this January but instead only partially pulled out and continues to maintain a military presence at five border outposts.
