In a statement on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei strongly denounced the Zionist regime’s aerial attacks on southern Lebanon and the Bekaa region, extended condolences to the families of those martyred in the attacks, and expressed solidarity with the government and people of Lebanon.
Baqaei said the strikes, which targeted residential and industrial areas as well as urban infrastructure, constitute a clear breach of the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. He stressed the need to hold the Israeli regime accountable and punish it for committing war crimes.
He also referred to the Zionist regime’s continued violations of the ceasefire understanding over the past year, underscoring the responsibility of the guarantors of the truce. Baqaei also called for more serious action by the international community, the United Nations, and regional countries to confront the occupying regime’s aggression and warmongering.
The Israeli regime’s military on Monday launched attacks on what it described as Hezbollah and Hamas “targets” in Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for four villages in the country’s east and south.
An Israeli army spokesperson said earlier that it was planning air strikes on Hezbollah and Hamas “military infrastructure” in the villages of Hammara and Ain el-Tineh in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, and Kfar Hatta and Annan in the south.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people.
The latest attacks follow Sunday’s deadly Israeli strike on a vehicle in the Ayn al-Mizrab area north of the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon that killed two people.
The Zionist regime has continued its attacks despite a United States-brokered ceasefire in 2024, which ended more than a year of heavy fighting between its forces and Hezbollah.