Israel carries out strikes across Lebanon ahead of key disarmament meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon's army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.
48% : Monday's airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.
48% : The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
46% : The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel known as the south Litani area will be clear of Hezbollah's armed presence.
43% : The area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited | Image: Reuters Israel's air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country's third-largest city.
38% : Also Read Israeli strike hits Gaza tent, kills 5-year-old girl and her uncle Israel strikes Hezbollah, Hamas sites in Lebanon ahead of disarmament meet Aid groups scramble as Israel bans over three dozen organisations in Gaza Gulf, Asian nations urge Israel to allow aid into Gaza amid harsh winter Yemen separatists announce constitution for independent southern state Those strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel's military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon.
38% : The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.
35% : Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.
9% : The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas.

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