Israeli forces have escalated assaults on Lebanon and Syria, striking southern Lebanon and deepening military incursions into Syria’s Quneitra province.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has slammed the Lebanese government’s inaction on Israel’s ongoing crimes in the country, urging it to assume its responsibilities and halt the regime’s destruction of Southern villages.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the “brutal” American-Saudi attack on Iraq, warning Riyadh of falling into the US-Israeli quagmire that is intended to destabilize and divide the region.

The Israeli military has conducted new attacks near Lebanon’s Shaqif Fortress (Beaufort Castle) in southern Lebanon, causing huge explosions in adjacent areas.

Israel has declared that it will not agree to any “additional withdrawals” from Lebanon in the next round of negotiations with the Beirut government, while seeking to maintain “freedom of action” in areas handed over to the Lebanese Armed Forces.

The UN rights chief has called on the Israeli regime to immediately end its ongoing occupation of large parts of southern Lebanon.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reaffirms his strong opposition to direct negotiations between the Beirut government and Israel.