The Israeli army carried out a series of raids in several areas of southern Lebanon, Sunday night. Shortly before midnight, the Israeli warplanes launched at least four raids in the valleys between Arabsalim, Houmine el-Fawka, Derir el-Zahrani and Roumine. Detonations could be heard for miles around in the Nabatyeh caza. Another air strike targeted the outskirts of Janta, in the Baalbeck-Hermel district.
According to the Israeli army radio, a “number of weapon storage facilities” belonging to Hezbollah were targeted.
Furthermore, the bodies and remains of 11 individuals were recovered on Sunday from the rubble in the village of Tayr Harfa and 5 more in the village of Alma al-Shaab, where the Lebanese army is deployed. Both towns are in the district of Tyre.
The Israeli army, which is still present in several border localities in southern Lebanon, dynamited five houses in the village of Aita al-Shaab on Sunday. It blew up later more houses in Kfar Kila and Aitaroun and carried out sweeps with heavy and medium machine guns on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun.
An Israeli patrol entered the Khansa valley and the Rayhana area in Marjayoun.
Later on, during the afternoon, an Israeli drone carried out an air strike in the Jabal al-Botm sector, in the Tyre district, causing a fire.
In addition, the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichaï Adraee, renewed on Sunday his call to the residents of the border strip villages, to avoid returning, "until further notice", to their homes. “The Israeli army has no intention of targeting you (...) Anyone heading south of the (line of control) is in danger,” Adraee said.
The villages banned are: Dhayra, Taybeh, Al-Tiri, Naqoura, Abou Shash, Ebl al-Saqi, Al-Bayada, Al-Jabin, Al-Khaibra, Khiam, Kharba, Matmura, Al-Mari, Odaisseh, Klayaa, Oumm Touta, Slaib, Arnoun, Bint Jbeil, Bayt Lif, Blida, Bani Hayan, Al-Bustan, Ain Arab, Marjeyoun, Dbaal, Deir Mimas, Deir Serian, Hula, Halta, Hanine, Tayr Harfa, Yohmor, Yaroun, Yarine, Kfar Hammam, Kfar Kila, Kfarchouba,
Al-Zloutiyeh, Mhaybib, Mays al-Jabal, Maisat, Marwahine, Maroun al-Ras, Markaba, Adshit al-Qusayr, Ain Ebel, Ainata, Aita al-Shaab, Aitaroun, Alma al-Shaab, Arab al-Lwayseh, Al-Qouzah, Rab al-Thalathin, Ramya, Rmeish, Rashaya al-Foukhar, Shebaa, Chihine, Shamaa, Tallouseh.
Moreover, the municipality of Mays al-Jabal announced in a statement that the Lebanese army is preparing to deploy in the village, in accordance with a plan drawn up for this purpose under the supervision of the international truce monitoring committee. The statement made clear, however, that residents will not be able to return to their homes immediately.
“The Lebanese army will have to take exceptional measures until the end of the inspection and deployment operations. Roads remain closed, neighborhoods are booby-trapped and unexploded munitions must be defused”, warned the municipality. The army must also remove the bodies still under the rubble before allowing access to the village, it added.
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