Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon in light of Beirut’s complete silence and inaction, says a Lebanese lawmaker, urging the government to take a firm stance against recurrent Israeli acts of aggression.
“Ever since the Lebanese government signed the so-called framework agreement with the Zionist enemy, the criminal leaders of the regime have constantly made assertions that they have obtained legitimacy from the Lebanese government to stay put in southern Lebanon,” Ali Ammar, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, stated on Sunday.
Ammar further said that Israeli forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement, kill civilians, destroy and demolish houses, and burn farms with phosphorus bombs, in the face of the utter silence of the Lebanese government.
He added that Israeli chief of the general staff Eyal Zamir has made an illegitimate request, and called on the Lebanese army to confront Hezbollah resistance fighters, and accomplish what the Israeli military failed to accomplish in its devastating war on Lebanon.
“These statements, which are considered a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and intervention in its internal affairs, require a firm official position,” he said.
“Furthermore, the recent statements of criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are tantamount to denunciation of the Lebanese government, which has given the enemy a pretext to assert it has been given the legitimacy to remain in the so-called ‘yellow line’ in southern Lebanon.”
The Lebanese lawmaker maintained that these developments are convincing proof that all attempts by the Lebanese authorities to justify the humiliating and shameful US-sponsored agreement have failed since the first day it was signed.
“The Lebanese nation expects the authorities to give a clear and unequivocal response to these brazen statements, instead of wasting time, making excuses and interpreting the agreement outside its framework. Then they might be able to retain the least credibility remaining following a string of substantial concessions,” Ammar said.
The Hezbollah-affiliated legislator stated that Lebanese citizens expect governing authorities to rectify their mistakes and assume their national responsibility by reversing these decisions, which have yielded nothing other than weakening Lebanon and sapping its sources of strength.
Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in southern Lebanon occur despite a framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel on June 26 under US mediation, which aims to end the offensive and secure Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
Since March 2, 2026, the Israeli military’s offensives in Lebanon have claimed the lives of at least 4,303 people and caused injuries to 12,202 others, according to reports from Lebanese authorities, while also displacing more than one million individuals.
