Israeli forces blow up homes in southern Lebanon in violation of ceasefire

Israeli forces have carried out house demolitions in several southern Lebanese border towns despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, according to local media reports.

Explosions were heard across multiple locations as residential areas near the frontier were targeted.

Israeli officials have stated that the goal is to destroy parts of Lebanese border towns to prevent residents from returning.

Human rights groups have drawn parallels to similar Israeli tactics used in Gaza, warning that such actions could constitute ethnic cleansing.

Lebanon’s Al-Manar correspondent reported that Israeli troops conducted large-scale house detonation operations, describing the moves as violations of the ceasefire in an attempt to compensate for battlefield failures.

The report also noted that Israeli drones were flying over towns adjacent to areas where occupation forces remain deployed.

In a separate incident, an Israeli airstrike on a car and a motorcycle on the Kounin-Bint Jbeil highway resulted in one fatality and one injury.

The development comes after US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the occupying regime and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire.

Trump's post 'prohibiting' Israeli strikes on Lebanon leaves Netanyahu 'stunned, alarmed': Report

The Israeli prime minister was personally "stunned and alarmed" by Trump

Under the agreement, the Israeli regime is barred from carrying out offensives against the Arab country, including its civilian and state infrastructure.

Prior to the announcement, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf wrote in a post on X that the emergence of a potential ceasefire in Lebanon would be down to the persistent struggle put up by Hezbollah and other members of the regional Axis of Resistance.

The ceasefire came eight days after a two-week truce between Iran and the US following 40 days of unprovoked US-Israeli aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.

At the time, Trump said a 10-point ceasefire proposal forwarded by Iran was a “workable basis on which to negotiate and the main framework” for talks with the Islamic Republic.

Among other things, the proposal identified cessation of Israeli attacks on Lebanon as an indivisible part of termination of the war.

Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.ir