The series of raids came despite a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, which Washington has been pressing the Lebanese government to disarm.
President Joseph Aoun said that restricting the bearing of arms to the state was “a sensitive, delicate issue that is fundamental to preserving civil peace” and required due “consideration and responsibility”.
“Any controversial domestic issue in Lebanon can only be approached through conciliatory, non-confrontational dialogue and communication. If not, we will lead Lebanon to ruin,“ he added.
Strikes on south
It later said another Israeli strike “on a house in Hula”, near the border, killed one person.
It did not specify where the strike took place.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency additionally reported that Israeli aircraft launched “a series of raids” in the mountainous Iqlim al-Tuffah region east of the coastal city of Sidon.
Israel’s military has continued to conduct regular strikes in Lebanon despite the November 27 ceasefire, though Sunday’s reported raids were broader than usual.
Army seizes rockets
His comments came hours after another senior Hezbollah official said the group would refuse to discuss handing over its weapons until Israel withdrew completely from south Lebanon.
Israel was to withdraw all its forces from south Lebanon, but troops remain in five positions that it deems “strategic”.
The army said an officer and two soldiers were killed Sunday in Braiqaa, in the Nabatiyeh district, when munitions they were transporting exploded.
The army also said separately that its forces had confiscated rockets and launchers in south Lebanon’s Sidon-Zahrani area and detained a number of people over a plan to fire them towards Israeli-held territory, without saying if those detained were affiliated with any group.
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