{"id":31526,"date":"2025-12-05T04:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=31526"},"modified":"2025-12-05T04:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:13:17","slug":"israeli-strikes-hit-southern-lebanon-after-diplomatic-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=31526","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon After Diplomatic Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beirut, Lebanon<\/strong> \u2013 Israeli forces conducted strikes on several towns in Southern Lebanon early Wednesday, DZWatch has learned. The attacks follow closely on the heels of Beirut&#8217;s appointment of former Ambassador Simon Karam as co-chair of the delegation monitoring the ceasefire agreement with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the strikes raises concerns about escalating tensions despite recent diplomatic efforts. President Joseph Aoun stated that Karam&#8217;s appointment to lead the Lebanese delegation to the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee aims to protect Lebanon and avert the specter of war, not to favor any particular group of Lebanese citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Nawaf Salam characterized this new appointment as elevating the negotiations between the two sides to a \u201csupra-military\u201d level. Minister of Information Paul Markos relayed that Aoun, during a government session, emphasized that Karam\u2019s instructions are to negotiate security matters related to Israeli aggression, the withdrawal of occupying forces, the return of prisoners, and the demarcation of borders.<\/p>\n<p>The recent Israeli military actions contradict the spirit of these diplomatic initiatives and threaten to undermine any progress made towards de-escalation. The Lebanese government has yet to formally respond to the attacks, but sources indicate a strong condemnation is expected.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to monitor this developing situation and provide updates as they become available.<\/em> The international community is watching closely to see whether these actions represent an isolated incident or a sign of a larger shift in the fragile peace along the Lebanese-Israeli border.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=48\">More Palestine articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beirut, Lebanon \u2013 Israeli forces conducted strikes on several towns in Southern Lebanon early Wednesday, DZWatch has learned. The attacks follow closely on the heels of Beirut&#8217;s appointment of former Ambassador Simon Karam as co-chair of the delegation monitoring the ceasefire ag&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31528,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31526\/revisions\/31528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}