{"id":108581,"date":"2026-05-11T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108581\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:24:12","slug":"israeli-killings-in-lebanon-rise-is-even-the-pretence-of-a-ceasefire-over-israel-attacks-lebanon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108581\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli killings in Lebanon rise: Is even the pretence of a ceasefire over? | Israel attacks Lebanon News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ceasefire<\/a> in Lebanon that started on April 16 is increasingly coming under strain, with both Israel and Hezbollah ramping up attacks against each other.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire began after six weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. But the following day, Lebanon\u2019s army reported several violations by Israeli forces. Since then, both Israel and Hezbollah have continued attacks.<\/p>\n

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Is even the pretence of a ceasefire over? What could happen?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we know:<\/p>\n

What are Israel\u2019s most recent attacks?<\/p>\n

Since Israel began its war on Lebanon on March 2, at least 2,846 people have been killed and more than a million displaced.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s offensive has included a major ground invasion and the occupation of southern Lebanon.\u00a0On Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said<\/a> Israeli attacks across the country had killed 51 people, including two medical workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli enemy continues to violate international laws and humanitarian norms, adding more crimes against paramedics, as it directly targeted two points of the Health Authority in Qalawiya and Tibnin, Bint Jbeil district, in two raids,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n

Since Israel\u2019s war on Lebanon began on March 2, the United Nations says at least 103 Lebanese medical workers have been killed and 230 injured in more than 130 Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re under threat every second, every day,\u201d Ali Safiuddin, the head of the Lebanese Civil Defence in Tyre in southern Lebanon, told Al Jazeera on Sunday. \u201cWe ask ourselves if we\u2019re going to survive or if we\u2019re going to die, we know we\u2019ve already given up our lives by working here. We\u2019ve lost so many people and it feels like we\u2019re already gone as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre, said on Sunday that \u201cinternational humanitarian laws are clear: medical personnel and first responders, like the Lebanese Civil Defence, must be protected in armed conflict, but on this front line, the question isn\u2019t whether another strike is coming. It\u2019s how many people will be left to answer the calls for help\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dr Tahir Mohammed, a war surgeon, and humanitarian worker who\u2019s worked in both Gaza and Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that he saw parallels in Israeli actions in both places.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to see our colleagues in Gaza come through the door all the time. I\u2019ve had colleagues, nurses, medical students killed by Israeli weapons, and so to see the same policy of targeting healthcare workers in Lebanon \u2026 it\u2019s consistent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Israel had their way, they would absolutely occupy the entire southern region of Lebanon, and they would do it tomorrow. They have no care for life. I\u2019ve seen it with my own eyes,\u201d Mohammed added.<\/p>\n

Israeli attacks continued on Monday.<\/p>\n

An Israeli air strike on the town of Abba killed two people and wounded five, Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency (NNA) said. Warplanes renewed their raids on the town of Kfar Remman for the second time in less than an hour, NNA added.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military issued a new warning for southern Lebanon, telling residents of nine areas to flee before potential Israeli strikes. The areas are: Ar-Rihan (Jezzine), Jarjouaa, Kfar Reman, al-Numairiyah, Arab Salim, al-Jumayjimah, Machghara, Qlayaa (Western Bekaa) and Harouf.<\/p>\n

Israel has repeatedly said that it is only targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, which is primarily in the south of Lebanon. But last week, Israel also bombed Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs for the first time since the ceasefire began.<\/p>\n

What have Hezbollah attacked?<\/p>\n

The Lebanese armed group has continued striking Israeli forces.<\/p>\n

Early on Monday, Hezbollah said it carried out 24 attacks targeting Israeli army positions, soldiers and military vehicles in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Targets included Israeli troop gatherings, Merkava tanks, bulldozers, military equipment and newly established command centres in several border areas, including Khiam, Deir Seryan, Tayr Harfa, Bayyada, Rashaf and Naqoura.<\/p>\n

Operations involved explosive drones, rocket barrages, artillery shelling and guided missiles, with Hezbollah claiming \u201cconfirmed hits\u201d in several attacks.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it had intercepted \u201ca suspicious aerial target\u201d in southern Lebanon in an apparent reference to a drone launched by Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Post said the Israeli military is struggling to respond to First Person View (FPV) drones launched by Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

The newspaper said Hezbollah is using fibre optic threads to guide the drones and evade Israeli wireless jamming devices.<\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Post noted that Hezbollah had released video of an FPV drone striking an Iron Dome battery on the northern border on Sunday.<\/p>\n

During its visit to southern Lebanon last week, senior Israeli officials \u201coutlined several new pilot programmes to better identify and shoot down FPVs\u201d, but added that the \u201cmilitary is still trying to catch up in real time\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Hezbollah said its fighters targeted an Israeli military position in a house in Baydar al-Faqani in the town of Taybeh, forcing a retreat. Fighters attacked the position three times until an Israeli helicopter intervened to evacuate the wounded, the group said.<\/p>\n

The Israeli army has not yet commented on the attack, but said three soldiers were injured by a booby-trap drone explosion in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

The army earlier announced that a soldier was killed by a drone launched by Hezbollah near the Lebanese border.<\/p>\n

So is the ceasefire just a pretence?<\/p>\n

In theory, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah does exist, but both warring parties have escalated attacks since it began.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire followed a previous one, which had ostensibly been in effect since November 27, 2024. Since then, the United Nations counted more than 10,000 Israeli ceasefire violations and hundreds of Lebanese deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the pretence of a truce was ever actually there, but I think Israel can continue [attacks] just as it can sign a peace agreement,\u201d Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael doesn\u2019t really care and will do as it is told. So far, the IDF [Israeli army] wants a win and a chance to apply its might, but that can change in a heartbeat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Israel has repeatedly told the Lebanese government that Hezbollah must be disarmed for any ceasefire to last.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah has long been considered the strongest military force in Lebanon, though it has been weakened by the war with Israel, and the killing of most of its leaders. Despite that, it retains the support of Lebanon\u2019s Shia community, from which it emerged.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah has said that Israel needs to withdraw from southern Lebanon, which was part of the ceasefire deal agreed in 2024. Fighting flared in October 2023 after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. At least 3,768 Lebanese were killed and 1.2 million displaced in Israeli attacks then.<\/p>\n

Government leaders in Beirut have long been uneasy about Hezbollah\u2019s influence in Lebanon. Last December, the government said<\/a>\u00a0it was close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of the 2024 ceasefire deal with Israel.<\/p>\n

At the start of the latest conflict, the Lebanese government outlawed Hezbollah\u2019s military wing.<\/p>\n

But in January, Israel\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Hezbollah still had a presence close to the border and was rebuilding its military capabilities \u201cfaster than the [Lebanese] army is dismantling [them]\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will happen between Israel and Lebanon depends on the US and the EU. If they force Israel\u2019s hand, even peace can happen,\u201d Goldberg said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore likely Israel will continue to bomb as negotiations continue, but it will be forced to stop occasionally,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

What next?<\/p>\n

The US State Department is planning two days of intensive talks between the governments of Israel and Lebanon on May 14 and 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe negotiations in Washington, DC will advance \u201ca comprehensive peace and security agreement that substantively addresses the core concerns of both countries\u201d, the department said.<\/p>\n

On May 8, Lebanon\u2019s President Joseph Aoun received former Ambassador Simon Karam, who is leading the Lebanese delegation for the talks, and provided him with \u201cdirectives ahead of his trip to Washington\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah will not be included in the talks and protested about them being held.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Al Jazeera on April 17, after the ceasefire started, Hezbollah politician Ali Fayyad said the group would approach the newly announced ceasefire with \u201ccaution and vigilance\u201d, and warned that any targeting of Lebanese sites by Israeli forces would constitute a breach.<\/p>\n

David Wood, senior Lebanon analyst at the International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera that, in the short term, much will hinge on talks between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose negotiations might result in another temporary extension of the current truce and keep some parts of Lebanon largely out of the firing line for now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlternatively, the talks might fail completely and lead to the ceasefire\u2019s total collapse,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn either scenario, US President Donald Trump holds the necessary leverage to encourage the parties to prefer de-escalation and find a diplomatic way out of the disastrous war,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ceasefire in Lebanon that started on April 16 is increasingly coming under strain, with both Israel and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[44,37,47,93,49,179,42],"class_list":{"0":"post-108581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lebanon","8":"tag-explainer","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-israel-attacks-lebanon","11":"tag-lebanon","12":"tag-middle-east","13":"tag-military","14":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116556638632057643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}