Lebanon hit by Israel again despite signing peace deal

According to the National News Agency (NNA), Israeli warplanes hit an unidentified target in Nabatieh al-Fawqa at around 6:30pm (1530 GMT). The Lebanese health ministry said the strike killed at least one person and wounded two more. Earlier in the day, drones carried out four strikes on the town square and the Al-Manzala neighbourhood. The Israeli military claims it targeted suspected Hezbollah members in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon. An Israeli military spokeswoman told AFP that the strike targeted “suspected terrorists who posed a threat to IDF soldiers” in the Nabatieh area. ‘Great force’ The Israeli defence minister vowed on Saturday to respond with “great force” if Iran attacked Israel in an attempt to “prevent” the implementation of an agreement with Lebanon aimed at securing peace between the two countries. “If Iran tries to attack Israel to prevent the implementation of the agreement, we will act against it with great force,” Israel Katz said in a video statement. He added that the agreement with Lebanon had dealt a “strategic blow to the Iranian axis”. He also said Israeli forces had been ordered to prepare for an extended stay in the so-called security zone in southern Lebanon. “The prime minister and I have instructed the IDF to prepare for an extended stay in the security zone,” Katz said, referring to an area up to 10 kilometres inside the Lebanese territory. Hezbollah rejects deal Meanwhile, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the US-Israel-Lebanon framework agreement, saying it a major mistake by Beirut and that his group deemed it null and void. “The framework a