Israel Broke Ceasefire Day After Signing, Says Lebanese Army
Israel accused of ceasefire violations + Palestinian woman and two children crushed to death, protestors disrupt Thanksgiving parade, & more.
A day after signing a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon on Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted an airstrike on the country Thursday prompting Lebanese officials to declare a violation.
According to CBS News, Lebanese authorities reported scattered incidents of Israeli mortar attacks, strikes and shots fired near Lebanon’s southern border.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said at least two civilians were wounded in Markaba, while attempting to return home. They added that other villages and farms were also hit, but with no casualties.
The airstrike was the first since the truce went into effect the morning before. Per Reuters, Israeli military forces claimed the strike was not a violation, but a targeted attack on military activity at a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the Israel “Defense” Forces claimed the wounded were not civilians, but suspects who violated the terms of the ceasefire truce.
“Several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire. The IDF opened fire toward them,” the statement read. “The IDF remains in southern Lebanon and will actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Lebanese army officials have claimed Israel broke its ceasefire truce several times on Thursday, noting that multiple strikes with "various weapons" were conducted in Lebanon. It also cited the continuous patrol of Lebanese skies with warplanes and drones as a violation.
Without elaboration the army said it was "following up on these violations in coordination with the relevant authorities,” CBS reported.
⤵️Breakdown of the Ceasefire Agreement:
Follows 14 months of intensive rocket fire, airstrikes and Israeli ground invasion into southern Lebanon.
Terms of the deal built on a 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that was enshrined in the United Nations Security Council
No military presence in the territory between Israel and the Litani River in Lebanon.
Israeli military and Hezbollah armed groups must both end offensive operations
Only Lebanese military can operate in Southern Lebanon
Over a period of 60 days— two months— Israel’s army will withdraw from southern Lebanon while the Lebanese Armed Forces will begin deployments in the region.
This allows Lebanese army forces to take up their previous positions in the territory that stretches south of the Litani River.
Handover of security control will be overseen by the United States
Lebanon's government is required to prevent Hezbollah and any other armed groups that operate in Lebanon from conducting operations against Israel
Lebanese government-controlled troops arriving to their positions south of the Litani River will be obligated to destroy any and all remaining Hezbollah infrastructure, as well as confiscate weapons.
The Israeli military must end its offensive actions against targets inside Lebanon, whether civil or military
While the Israeli Prime Minister's office has not released an official version of the ceasefire deal, an Arabic version was published on the Facebook page of Lebanon's Council of Ministers.
⤵️ WEEKLY NEWS RE-CAP 🗞️💨
🚨 PALESTINIAN WOMAN, TWO CHILDREN CRUSHED: Three Palestinians, a woman and two children, were crushed to death on Friday while in line outside of a bakery in central Gaza, according to Palestinian hospital officials.
🥖 FOOD CRISIS: According to the World Food Programm (WFP), 90% of Palestine’s population faces acute levels of food insecurity.
🇸🇩 ‘INVISIBLE CRSIS’: More than five million children have fled their homes in Sudan, the most in any country or crisis.
🏠 LEBANESE FAMILIES RETURN: Thousands of Lebanese families were able to return home after the ceasefire went into effect early Wednesday. However, instead of their homes, they returned to piles of rubble and stone.
According to the Associated Press, about 1.2 million people have been displaced after Israeli airstrikes destroyed entire neighborhoods in eastern and southern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut.
🇵🇸 THE PAST 24 HOURS: At least 19 Palestinians have been killed and 72 injured in Israeli attacks across Northern and Central Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s health ministry.
Per Al Jazeera, three aid workers of World Central Kitchen were killed in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.
💔 GAZA DEATH TOLL OVER 45K: Less than a week after the death toll in Gaza surpassed 44k, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported more than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks. Thousands more are buried under the rubble, unaccounted for.
Since October 7, 2023, at least 45,159 Palestinians have been killed with over 17,000 identified as children, according to the enclave’s health ministry— several of the deaths include journalists, media and healthcare workers.
SEE THE UPDATED LIST OF JOURNALISTS KILLED HERE
🦃 NO CELEBRATING GENOCIDE: More than two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested for blocking the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday.
According to ABC News, the demonstration marked the second year protesters ‘jumped the barriers’ and disrupted the parade while calling an end to the genocide in Palestine.
At this time the exact charges the 25 protesters will be facing are still pending. Their identities have also not been released.
🇵🇰 PAKISTANI FORCES PUSH MAN IN VIRAL VIDEO: A video of Pakistan’s security forces pushing a praying man off three-story containers during protests in Islamabad has gone viral.
🇵🇸 MORE COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE STATE OF PALESTINE: Nine countries formally recognized the State of Palestine on Nov. 29, the world observes the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Armenia, Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Spain, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados joined others in recognizing the State of Palestine— an indication of growing international support.
As of this report, at least 146 UN member states recognize the State of Palestine, as does the Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City.
Related: PHOTOS: Millions Across The World Protest Against Israel's Genocide In Gaza
⤵️ THE WATCH LIST 🚨
1 IN 3 BRITISH MUSLIMS CONSIDER LEAVING THE UK
A report released on Wednesday by anti-Muslim crime watchdog Tell MAMA found that more than two-thirds of British Muslims have reported an increase in anti-Muslim hate since July.
Based on a survey the report noted that one in three Muslims consider leaving the UK due to an increase in Islamophobia.
Per the report, one in four Muslims surveyed, either online or by phone, reported experiencing anti-Muslim hate or Islamophobia following the mass Southport stabbing in England’s Merseyside on July 30.
According to The New Arab, false claims that a Muslim asylum seeker was responsible for the fatal stabbing of three children sparked riots around the country that targeted both immigrant and Muslim communities.
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