New Israeli raids in Lebanon, at least 16 dead. Hezbollah: "We have every right to react"

New Israeli air raids in southern Lebanon caused the death of five people, despite the ceasefire announced the previous day between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese Civil Defense said Israeli attacks in the southern area of ​​Nabatieh caused 16 dead since this morningdespite the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah the previous day. Civil protection personnel transported “16 dead and 12 injured” to hospital after intervening “in the early hours of the morning” in response to the attacks, the statement said. Yesterday afternoon Ito Israel ed Hezbollahhave agreed to a truce from 3pm on Friday 19 June (4pm local time), according to reports fromAxios. “The agreement was reached thanks to the mediation ofUnited States e Qatarafter discussions withIsrael e Iran“he explained.

Hezbollah: “We have the full right to react to Israel”

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said his group has the “full right” to respond to Israel’s attacks, which continues to bomb Lebanon despite the new ceasefire announced the previous day. “There is talk of a ceasefire. What concerns us is that the enemy fully and comprehensively respects the ceasefire and does not attempt to attack our country and our villages or occupy new positions,” Fadlallah said in a statement. “The resistance has the full right to confront this enemy when it attacks us, since it is the aggressor and the occupier,” added the representative of the pro-Iranian movement.

Trump: “I pushed Israel towards ceasefire” in Lebanon

In a phone interview with NBC News on Friday, Donald Trump he said he had asked Israeli officials to support a ceasefire with Hezbollah. He declined to say whether he had spoken directly to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump described the ceasefire as “a bright spot” and called it “a little icing on the cake.” The Lebanese truce could therefore remove one of the key points of contention regarding the implementation of the recently signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding and the launch of broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.