An Israeli air strike on a building in Lebanese Rajdhani Berut, targeting a member of Hizbullah, killed at least four people.
The surprise attack came at around 3:30 pm on Tuesday (00:30 GMT), which was during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday at the end of the month of Ramadan fasting. The second strike on the city in three days has feared that the unstable ceasefire between Israel and armed Hizbullah group, which came into effect four months ago, could collapse.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said that one of the four killed was one woman and seven others were injured.
Israel’s army said in a statement that it had targeted the Palestinian Armed Group Hamas in planning “Hizbollah unit and Iran’s QDS force member Hasan Badeer, who plans” an important and adjacent terrorist attack against Israeli citizens “.
The Israeli army did not provide any evidence for the statement. No immediate comments were made with Hizbullah.
The strike took place a few days after the last hit at the southern suburb of Dahih, the southern suburb of Hizbullah Garh.
Lebanese President Joseph Aun condemned the latest attack, called it a “dangerous warning” of Israel’s intentions against his country.
“For firmness in Israel’s aggression, we need more efforts to address them to rally in the world and rally in support of our right to our land in support of our right to complete sovereignty,” Aoun said in a statement.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also condemned the Israeli strike and said that it was a major violation of the United Nations resolution 1701 and a major violation of the ceasefire system. Salam said that he was monitoring the strike after the strike in coordination with the ministers of defense and interior.
While reporting from Berut, Al Jazeera’s Rescuble Serdar said that rescue operations were going on and said the latest attack is “extremely worrying” for the Lebanese government, as it comes three days after the first time after the Israeli forces bombed Berut for the first time after the ceasefire deal with Hizbullah in November.
The agreement, guaranteed by France and the United States, brought a stop for a one -year struggle and said that Israeli’s ground soldiers returned from the southern Lebanon.
It also asked Hizbullah fighters to withdraw from the south and to deploy for Lebanese soldiers there.
However, both sides have accused each other of violation.
