According to Lebanese media, the Israeli bombings this Thursday, April 30, in southern Lebanon have killed at least 27 people, while the Israeli Army has issued new forced displacement orders for 23 villages in the area. For its part, the impact of an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah towards Israeli troops occupying southern Lebanon killed one soldier and injured another, while another drone left a dozen Israeli soldiers injured in the border area.
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"There is no ceasefire" in southern Lebanon. The words of the head of the Israeli Army, Eyal Zamir, during a visit to his soldiers on Wednesday in the occupied zone within Lebanese territory are an example of Israeli thinking and the reality on the ground, despite the shaky truce, declared on paper and violated daily.
This Thursday, April 30, Israel has intensified its bombings in multiple villages in the districts of Tire and Nabatieh, killing at least 27 people, according to local media reports, which have continued to report dozens of new impacts throughout the day.
One of the deadliest was a bombing in Zebdin, which killed six people near the town's cemetery, shortly after a funeral was held there, according to 'L'Orient-Le Jour'.
For its part, the Israeli Armed Forces have reported several attempted incursions by unmanned vehicles into Israel and into the area of about ten kilometers that its soldiers have invaded within Lebanese territory.
Although it mostly claims to have intercepted the threats, one of those Hezbollah explosive drones managed to hit the village of Qantara, killing a 19-year-old soldier and moderately injuring another. The Shiite militia claimed responsibility for the attack, which, according to its version, targeted two Israeli tanks.
Earlier in the morning, another Hezbollah drone hit a military cargo vehicle, which caught fire, at an artillery position near Shomera, a border town in northern Israel. The explosion left twelve soldiers injured, after several artillery shells also exploded in the area, as confirmed by 'The Times of Israel'.
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Israel issues more forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon
Another indication that Israel is extending its bombing in number and geography, even under the apparent truce, is that its Army has issued new expulsion orders in 23 towns in southern Lebanon, some of which are outside the so-called "security zone", the portion of Lebanese territory occupied by Israeli troops.
As usual, the military entity of the Hebrew State justified these warnings by the presence of "Hezbollah terrorist activities in the area" and asked the population to move "to open areas at a minimum distance of one kilometer."
The villages reached by the measures are Al Samqía, Al Haníe, Al Qalía, Wadi Jilo, Al Kanisa, Kafar, Majdal Zoun, Sadiqen, Yebshit, Habush, Haruf, Kafar Yoz, Nabatieh Al Fauqa, Aba, Adshit Al Shaqif, Arab Salim, Taul, Humin Al Fauqa, Al Mujaidil, Arzon, Dunin, Al Humairi and Marub.
Following these orders and attacks that have already been reported in those areas, dozens of residents of the Nabatieh region have begun to leave their homes, according to 'L'Orient-Le Jour'.
In the city of Tyre, the latent tension did not prevent the funerals of the three paramedics killed in two successive Israeli bombings on Tuesday in the town of Majdal Zoun from being held this Thursday. This was the deadliest attack since the start of the relative ceasefire, with a total of nine victims.
Relatives, colleagues and rescuers from other organizations accompanied the funeral march, with three boxes wrapped with the Lebanese flag, amid screams and rose petals thrown as the coffins passed.
The director general of the Lebanese Civil Defense, Imad Khreiss, participated in the ceremony and corroborated what was stated by other colleagues of Hadi Daher, Hussein Ghadbouni and Hussein al Sati: that the three had moved to the area to assist a person after receiving approval from the Army and the committee overseeing the 2024 ceasefire, led by the United States and France.
"It was a civilian area, the building was a civilian building, and the injured person who was in the rubble was a civilian," defended Khreiss, in dialogue with EFE.
Among some of those present, pain was mixed with reproach towards the Lebanese government, which they accuse of having abandoned southern Lebanon.
"It is our blood that is spilled as the army withdraws from the south. For us, (Prime Minister) Nawaf Salam and (President) Joseph Aoun want to sell the south in exchange for the security of Beirut. However, no one mentions their names when we mourn our martyrs," a cousin of Sati explained to 'L'Orient-Le Jour'.
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US-brokered negotiations falter
In this context, United States mediation between Israel and Lebanon seems to yield few results, beyond having achieved two rounds of meetings at the ambassador level.
Although Washington reported on April 24, at the end of the initially scheduled ceasefire week, that the truce was extended for three more weeks, Benjamin Netanyahu's government would not be willing to extend that measure, which, in any case, is not being respected.
According to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, the Israeli Executive is giving that deadline to see if the Trump Administration achieves the promised meeting between Netanyahu and Joseph Aoun, despite the fact that doubts and mistrust on both sides persist. Also, Israel would hope to have US authorization to restart its large-scale attacks in Lebanon if talks fail.
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In a statement that sounds barely testimonial in the face of evidence on the ground, President Donald Trump assured 'Axios' that he has asked Netanyahu to limit his attacks in Lebanon to "surgical" actions and avoid a total resumption of the war.
Faced with the faltering process initiated by the United States, Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia has intensified its contacts with Lebanon to seek a solution to the conflict, although it has encountered difficulties due to the internal divisions that exist in the country over dialogue with Israel.
While Aoun has rejected that direct talks with Israel are a "betrayal" and has questioned Hezbollah for dragging his country into a war for "external interests" – in relation to Iran – the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, the highest-ranking Shiite leader and Hezbollah ally, has indicated that negotiations should be indirect and that Lebanon should seek a non-aggression pact, but not complete peace with Israel.
According to Reuters, to paper over the rifts and show a common front, the Saudi envoy to Lebanon, Yazid bin Farhan, visited Beirut last week and suggested a tripartite meeting between Aoun, Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, an initiative that was cut short after Berri publicly accused Aoun of making "inaccurate, to say the least" statements about the negotiations.
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With Reuters, EFE and local media
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