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Iran condemns ‘savage’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Iran strongly condemned on Friday “savage" Israeli attacks on Lebanon, after the regime launched new strikes on Lebanon in violation of a ceasefire agreement with Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.
In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry urged "the United Nations, the international community and regional countries to confront the warmongering" of Israel while offering "condolences on the martyrdom of Lebanese citizens during the savage attacks".
The ministry warned about the dangerous consequences of Israel’s impunity and the continuation of its belligerent and expansionist policies on regional peace and security.
“The Zionist regime’s attacks against Lebanon, which have martyred and wounded over a thousand innocent civilians since last year’s ceasefire and destroyed infrastructure and residential areas, are a blatant violation of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the independent country and amount to a heinous crime against international peace and security,” it added.
"These criminal attacks, which are undoubtedly planned and carried out with the United States’ full support and partnership, are yet another indication of the criminal, terrorist, and hegemonic nature of the Zionist regime. Their sole aim is to undermine Lebanon's sovereignty and security and to obstruct the country's reconstruction and development."
On Thursday, Israeli warplanes conducted a wave of airstrikes on the southern Lebanese towns of Kfar Dounin, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Ayta al-Jabal, Taybeh, and Tayr Debba, killing at least one person and injuring nine others.
The regime claimed it had struck a series of targets belonging to the Hezbollah movement in its stronghold in southern Lebanon.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun denounced the strikes as a “fully fledged crime” under international law.
“The more Lebanon expresses its openness to the path of peaceful negotiation to resolve outstanding issues with Israel, the more Israel intensifies its aggression against Lebanese sovereignty,” he wrote on X.
Israel launched its aggression against Lebanon in October 2023 in response to Hezbollah’s pro-Palestinian airstrikes against the occupied territories.
The regime, however, agreed to a truce on November 27, 2024. Since then, it has breached the ceasefire agreement hundreds of times and carried out near-daily fatal strikes on Lebanon.