Its army terrorizes Lebanese farmers in the Marjayoun Plain
Israeli bombing intensified in the past hours on several towns in southern Lebanon, and artillery shelling was also recorded in the Marjayoun Plain, where farmers have been trying in the past few days to work the minimum on their lands. The Israeli army announced that it had targeted a Hezbollah military gathering in the Khiam area in response to shooting towards the city of Acre.
The National News Agency (Lebanese official) reported that several shells fell on the Marjayoun Plain, “where the Israelis are these days intimidating farmers and livestock herders and launching artillery shells near them to intimidate them and force them to retreat from the place,” noting that two shells were fired at farms. A cattle herder on the plain. Al-Wataniya pointed out that the army did not give permission on Sunday for farmers to go to their lands in the plain.
In this context, military sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that after the farmers were cut off from their lands for a long period in the Marjayoun Plain, the army had informed them, after coordination with UNIFIL forces, of the possibility of returning to their lands in the past few days, but after the intensification of the bombing in the hours The last few came back and blocked them.
The confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon led to huge losses in the agricultural sector, on which the people of the south depend partially or completely, estimated at 2.5 billion US dollars. The Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Al-Haj Hassan, announced the elimination of tens of thousands of acres of agricultural land as a result of the Israeli bombing with white phosphorus, in addition to about 5,000 olive trees. It is estimated that between 4 and 5 thousand trees of various types were damaged in southern Lebanon.
A report by the United Nations Development Program showed significant losses in livestock, poultry and aquaculture, and the bombing with phosphorus shells led to increased pollution of crops and water sources, which poses a threat to livestock and human health.
On the field, Al-Wataniya reported that at two in the afternoon, Israeli aircraft launched a raid targeting a house in the town of Naqoura, noting that ambulances and civil defense vehicles rushed to the scene.
Intermittent bombing was recorded throughout the daylight hours on a number of towns, and Al-Wataniya reported that an Israeli march carried out an “air aggression, launching a raid with a guided missile targeting the town of Aita al-Shaab. The bombing also targeted the forest area and the plain between the towns of Aitaroun and Maroun al-Ras.”
The Israeli bombing targeted a house in the town of Aitaroun, firing two air-to-ground missiles in its direction, destroying it, hours after it was subjected to a raid that caused it to burn.
At dawn, Al-Wataniya said that the Israeli army detonated an interceptor missile over the villages of the western sector at night, which led to the sound of strong explosions being heard, the echo of which reached as far as the city of Tyre, after several villages and towns in the western and central sectors, up to the town of Kunine, were subjected to direct artillery shelling, which led to… Serious damage to homes and property.
In the morning, reconnaissance aircraft flew over the villages of the western and central sectors, reaching the outskirts of the city of Tyre, and fired flares over the villages of the districts of Tyre and Bint Jbeil.
Meanwhile, the “Islamic Resistance” announced that it had carried out several operations targeting military centers and gatherings of the Israeli army. It said in separate statements that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers opposite the town of Wazzani and spy equipment at the Al-Asi site, in addition to a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Mitat barracks, and the Al-Marj and Al-Matula sites.
On the other hand, Israeli media reported that two anti-tank missiles were launched from Lebanon towards Metulla, and the Israeli army announced on Sunday that its aircraft bombed new Hezbollah targets in four different locations in southern Lebanon.
He said in a statement that the targets that were bombed included infrastructure and a Hezbollah observation point in the town of Aitaroun, a Hezbollah military compound in Alma al-Shaab, and observation points in Marwahin and Aita al-Shaab, after he had announced that he had bombed a military compound for “Hezbollah.” Hezbollah” in the Khiam area last night, in response to shooting towards the city of Acre, indicating at the same time the sound of sirens in northern Israel.
With heavy Israeli bombing recorded towards southern towns during the night hours, the Israeli army announced, on Sunday, that its aircraft had bombed a military compound belonging to Hezbollah in the Khiam area during the night, and this came in response to the shooting operations towards the city of Akka, while it was not announced. The party, for its part, refrained from carrying out any operation towards Akka.
He also announced in a statement that his planes targeted last night “a Hezbollah observation post in the Kafr Kila area, while Israeli army artillery launched a bombardment to remove a threat in the Al-Maysat area,” and responded to the sources of fire that was fired at night from Lebanon towards the Ghajar and Har Dov areas.
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2024-03-17 16:51:45
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