Two injured by Israeli shelling as troops advance in southern Lebanon

Israeli forces withdraw from outskirts of a town in southern Lebanon after a standoff with Lebanese forces.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli controlled-explosion in the village of al-Mansouri on Thursday [AFP]

Israeli artillery shelling has injured two people in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops separately advanced towards border towns and clashed with Lebanese soldiers.

The two people were injured in shelling on Chaqra in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatieh governorate and were taken to Tebnin hospital, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Friday.

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Israeli artillery shells also fell in Wadi Nahla on the outskirts of Shuqra, the agency added, and Israeli forces withdrew from the outskirts of Deir Mimas in Marjayoun after advancing earlier in the day towards the entrance to the town.

Israel has been occupying a swath of southern Lebanon since war broke out in March between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Lebanese army is supposed to gradually take control of the area under a June framework agreement between the two countries.

The standoff around Deir Mimas began when two Israeli tanks advanced along a road towards the town and stopped in front of a dirt barricade with Lebanese army vehicles stationed on the other side.

The Lebanese military said its army patrol had established a temporary observation post on the outskirts of Deir Mimas on September 10 in coordination with the military coordination group for Lebanon, the US-backed trilateral body that manages deconfliction between Israel and Lebanon.

“An Israeli occupation force approached the newly established post located within the so-called security zone and threw sound bombs in the vicinity,” the army said in a statement. “In response, the [Lebanese] army reinforced the post, and a state of alert ensued between the two sides.”

National News Agency reported that Israeli forces then withdrew, retreating to their position in neighbouring Tell en-Nhas. Meanwhile, Lebanese troops returned to their main base in the town after contacting the deconfliction group, the Lebanese army said.

Separately on Friday, the Israeli military advanced from the municipality of al-Tiri towards the outskirts of Hadatha in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, according to the agency.

In other parts of southern Lebanon, Israeli forces struck the municipalities of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun with artillery shelling.

Israeli forces also set fire to the public hospital in the town of Meiss el-Jabal, according to Lebanese state media. Details on the extent of the damage or casualties were not immediately reported.

A US-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in June provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army in areas vacated by Israeli forces.

Despite the agreement, however, Israel has continued attacks on southern Lebanon and occupies areas in the region.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 4,386 people and wounded 12,407 others since March 2, when the current Hezbollah-Israel war erupted.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the overall casualties from Israeli attacks since it began its war on Gaza in October 2023 had reached 8,953 killed and 30,643 injured.

在与黎巴嫩军队对峙后，以色列军队从黎巴嫩南部一座城镇郊区撤离。

周四，以色列在曼苏里村进行控制爆破后，现场升起浓烟。[法新社]

以色列炮兵在黎巴嫩南部开火，造成两人受伤。与此同时，以色列军队向边境城镇推进，并与黎巴嫩士兵发生冲突。

据黎巴嫩国家通讯社周五报道，纳巴泰省宾特杰拜勒区查克拉镇发生炮击事件，两名伤者受伤，已被送往泰布宁医院。

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该机构补充说，以色列炮弹也落在了舒克拉郊外的瓦迪纳赫拉，以色列军队在当天早些时候向马尔杰尤恩的代尔米马斯镇入口推进后，从该镇郊区撤退。

自今年3月以色列与黎巴嫩真主党爆发战争以来，以色列一直占领着黎巴嫩南部的大片地区。根据两国6月达成的框架协议，黎巴嫩军队应逐步控制该地区。

代尔米马斯附近的对峙始于两辆以色列坦克沿着一条道路向该镇推进，并在一个土路障前停了下来，路障另一侧驻扎着黎巴嫩军队的车辆。

黎巴嫩军方表示，其军队巡逻队于9月10日在代尔米马斯郊区设立了一个临时观察哨，此举是与黎巴嫩军事协调小组（一个由美国支持的三方机构，负责管理以色列和黎巴嫩之间的冲突降级）协调进行的。

黎巴嫩军方在一份声明中表示：“一支以色列占领军接近了位于所谓安全区内新建的哨所，并在附近投掷了声波炸弹。作为回应，黎巴嫩军队加强了该哨所的防御，双方随即进入警戒状态。”

据国家通讯社报道，以色列军队随后撤退，退回至邻近的泰勒恩哈斯镇阵地。与此同时，黎巴嫩军方表示，黎巴嫩军队在与冲突降级小组取得联系后，返回了位于该镇的主要基地。

据该机构报道，周五，以色列军队从黎巴嫩南部宾特杰拜勒区的阿尔蒂里市向哈达萨郊区推进。

在黎巴嫩南部其他地区，以色列军队用炮火袭击了曼苏里和马吉达勒祖恩两个市镇。

据黎巴嫩国家媒体报道，以色列军队还纵火焚烧了迈斯·杰巴尔镇的一家公立医院。目前尚无关于损失程度或人员伤亡情况的详细报道。

6 月，在美国斡旋下，黎巴嫩和以色列达成了一项框架协议，规定以色列逐步从黎巴嫩领土撤军，黎巴嫩军队部署到以色列军队撤离的地区。

尽管达成了协议，但以色列仍继续袭击黎巴嫩南部，并占领了该地区的部分地区。

自 3 月 2 日真主党与以色列爆发当前战争以来，以色列的袭击已造成至少 4386 人死亡，12407 人受伤。

黎巴嫩卫生部表示，自以色列于 2023 年 10 月开始对加沙发动战争以来，以色列袭击造成的伤亡总数已达 8953 人死亡，30643 人受伤。