Lebanon’s president condemns Israeli strikes as 'blatant act of aggression'

Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, has strongly condemned deadly Israeli airstrikes that killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others on Friday.

Aoun said in a Saturday statement that the attack was “a blatant act of aggression aimed at thwarting diplomatic efforts” by the United States and other nations to establish stability.

He said the airstrikes constituted “a new violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and a clear breach of international obligations.”

Aoun added that the latest aggression reflects Israel’s disregard for the will of the international community, particularly UN resolutions calling for full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 in all its provisions, which require Israeli forces to withdraw from Lebanese territory.

The president once again urged countries “sponsoring stability in the region” to assume their responsibilities, halt the attacks, and exert pressure to ensure respect for international resolutions.

Israel's military launched a series of airstrikes on the Bekaa Valley in the latest breach of a ceasefire deal that was reached in November 2024, after thirteen months of Israeli invasion of the country. 

Images posted online from one of the sites targeted on Friday night showed extensive destruction in what appeared to be a residential neighborhood.

Hours earlier, an Israeli strike hit the densely populated Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh on the outskirts of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

Israel steps up bloodshed in Lebanon

At least nine people are killed and 25 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting eastern Lebanon.

A Hezbollah lawmaker called on the government to suspend meetings of a multinational US-led committee tasked with monitoring the ceasefire deal. The committee held its first meeting this year, with the Lebanese army due to complete the initial stage of its plan to bring all weapons under state control.

Washington is one of five members on the committee, with the body scheduled to meet again next week.

Under the ceasefire deal that came into effect in November 2024, Israel was supposed to end its attacks on Lebanese soil and withdraw its forces from the country.

Israeli forces, however, continue to occupy five areas of Lebanese territory, blocking the reconstruction of destroyed border villages and preventing tens of thousands of displaced people from returning to their homes.

As of December 2025, more than 10,000 violations by Israeli forces have been documented, including air and ground aggression that have breached Lebanese sovereignty, according to figures by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Lebanon's government has constantly warned against Israel's ongoing acts of aggression on the country's soil and urged the international community to put pressure on the Tel Aviv regime to stop its attacks.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam recently said the situation had become a "one-sided war of attrition."

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