Israel Freezes Strike in Southern Lebanon and Explains the Reasons

SadaNews: The Israeli occupation army announced that it has temporarily suspended a strike it intended to carry out on Saturday against what it considered military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Despite the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel since November 2024, the Israeli state continues to carry out regular attacks, claiming they target Hezbollah's infrastructure, accusing it of rearming.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli army issued a warning of an imminent strike, urging residents of a building in the town of Yanuh in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately.

However, the army's Arabic spokesperson, Avichai Adraee, later stated that "the strike has been temporarily frozen," noting that the army "continues to monitor the target."

Adraee clarified in a post on the "X" platform that the freeze came after the Lebanese army requested "to regain access to the specified site to address a breach of the agreement," confirming that the Israeli army will not allow Hezbollah to "reposition or rearm."

The ceasefire monitoring committee includes the United Nations, the United States, and France.

A Lebanese security source said that the army had previously tried to search the building that was targeted, but it was unable to do so due to objections from the residents.

AFP reported from the security source that the Lebanese army managed to enter and search the building upon returning to it again because the residents "felt threatened," and they evacuated it for fear of being subjected to an airstrike.