Surviving Hezbollah terrorists & vile supporters DEFY Israel & flood back towards DMZ putting fragile truce to the test
As thousands of people poured back towards Lebanon’s southern border today to celebrate the terror group’s win, Israel’s precarious ceasefire with Hezbollah was put under pressure.
Highways going to the 20-mile buffer zone, where Hezbollah forces and weaponry are prohibited by the conditions of the precarious truce, saw traffic jams.
In an effort to carry out a phased pullout from Lebanese territory, Lebanese citizens approached Israeli tanks and waved yellow Hezbollah flags from their automobiles.
Locals in Lebanon seemed to be disregarding Israel Defense Forces’ cautions about going back to southern areas that harbored terrorists at such an early stage of the ceasefire.
In violation of the directive, TV footage showed civilians strolling around the town of Khiam near an IDF tank.
Lebanese returnees have even made it to the border wall between the Israeli settlement of Metula and the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, according to another social media video.
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The ceasefire, which was declared by Joe Biden following cabinet agreement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, went into effect at 4 a.m. local time (2 a.m. UK time).
But within hours, as flag-waving Hezbollah supporters joined the returning crowd, thoughts of greater security started to fade.
Israel Katz, the country’s defense minister, announced that he was giving the troops strict orders to prevent what he claims are Hezbollah members from accessing border settlements.
After advancing to destroy weapons caches and terror tunnels endangering Israel’s north, Israeli troops are still active in a few of the localities.
Kat claimed that because Hezbollah members had entered Kfar Kila, he had directed the military to take decisive action against such events.
They must be hit if they put the IDF troops in jeopardy.
At two in the morning this morning, the battle officially ended, and residents flocked south to go back to their homes.
Israel advised people not to go back to southern Lebanon just yet, as this is where the majority of the fighting has taken place.
The agreement, which excluded Hamas, calls for the deployment of some 5,000 Lebanese soldiers to the south.
Hezbollah consented to withdraw from any area within 20 miles of Israel below the Litani River.
After over two months of fighting in Lebanon during which Israeli forces killed 3,000 troops and eliminated Hezbollah’s commanders, Netanyahu pushed through the agreement.
Israel’s war with Hezbollah: a timeline
October 8, 2023: The day after Hamas’ October 7 massacre sparked the war in Gaza, Hezbollah started launching rockets, missiles, and drones into Israel.
September 18, 2024: By blowing up hundreds of pagers that Hezbollah was carrying, Israel’s espionage service Mossad committed widespread sabotage against the terrorist organization.
September 26, 2024: An Israeli airstrike blitz in Lebanon kills Muhammad Hossein Sarur, the head of Hezbollah’s aerial force.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, is killed in a huge missile barrage in Lebanon on September 27, 2024.
Israeli armies attack Lebanon on October 1, 2024.following Israel’s retaliatory bombings in Lebanon, as the war continued to intensify.
October 13, 2024: The bloodiest Hezbollah drone swarm strike on a base since Israel’s invasion of Lebanon claimed the lives of four Israeli soldiers and injured sixty more.
October 19, 2024: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home near the sea in Israel was struck by a Hezbollah terror drone.
October 19, 2024: In the northern part of the country, Hezbollah also launched a barrage of over 100 missiles into Israel, killing at least one person and wounding others.
October 31, 2024: In his first national speech as leader, Hezbollah’s new terror chief promised to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On November 2, 2024, Israeli troops seize Imad Amhaz, the leader of Hezbollah terror, and flee Lebanon in speedboats.
November 15, 2024: An Israeli missile destroys a block of apartments in a militant stronghold in Beirut.
November 17, 2024: For the first time, artillery was fired into Lebanese territory, according to Israel’s military, which reported that mobile artillery batteries had entered Lebanon and were hitting Hezbollah sites.
Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi, the main spokesperson for Hezbollah, is killed in an Israeli bombing in central Beirut on November 17, 2024.
November 26, 2024: Just hours before the truce was announced, Israel began further airstrikes in Beirut.
Israel accepted the conditions of a truce with Hezbollah on November 26, 2024.
However, he encountered resistance from hawks who want the Iran-backed organization completely annihilated and have warned that they will re-arm and launch another attack.
If Hezbollah violated the ceasefire, the Israeli prime minister threatened to attack it once more.
He declared: “We will strike if Hezbollah tries to attack us, if it armed itself and reconstructed infrastructure close to the border.
“For every violation, we will attack with might.”
He went on to say that pursuing a truce was necessary for three reasons: to isolate Hamas, to restore depleted armaments supplies and provide the army with relaxation, and to concentrate on Iran.
Israeli forces destroyed 20 Hezbollah terror targets just hours before the ceasefire agreement was approved.
According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), they attacked seven structures, including a quasi-bank, that the Iran-backed terrorist organization uses to handle its finances.
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They also struck an intelligence base, a weapons warehouse, a Hezbollah air force center, and other military-style facilities.
Following the evacuation of 60,000 residents from northern Israel, Tel Aviv had sworn to eradicate the gang.
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