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Mon 02 Dec 2024 4:02 pm - Jerusalem Time

Berri calls on the monitoring committee to begin its tasks to withdraw Israel and stop its violations

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called on Monday on the committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel to begin its duties urgently and oblige Tel Aviv to stop its violations and withdraw from the Lebanese territories it occupies.


Since dawn on November 27, a fragile ceasefire has prevailed, ending the mutual shelling between Israel and Hezbollah that began on October 8, 2023, and then turned into a full-scale war in the last two months.


Berri denied, in a statement, a copy of which was received by Anadolu Agency, the truth of "all that is being circulated in the media that what Israel has been doing (of violations) since the ceasefire began is as if it were part of the terms of the agreement."


Among the most prominent provisions of the agreement, according to a document obtained by Anadolu Agency, is Israel's gradual withdrawal from south of the Blue Line (dividing line) within 60 days, and the deployment of official Lebanese army and security forces along the border, crossing points, and the southern region.


The Lebanese army and security forces will be the only party allowed to carry weapons in southern Lebanon, with the dismantling of military infrastructure and sites and the confiscation of unauthorized weapons.


Berri pointed out "the aggressive actions carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in terms of bulldozing homes in the Lebanese villages bordering occupied Palestine."


He added, "Israel continues to carry out air sorties and raids that have targeted the depths of Lebanese regions more than once, during which martyrs and wounded have fallen, the latest of which happened today in Hosh Al-Sayyed Ali in Hermel (east) and Jdeidet Marjeyoun (south)."


"All these actions represent a flagrant violation of the terms of the ceasefire agreement," he stressed.


Berri spoke about the technical committee that was formed to monitor the implementation of the agreement, asking: “Where is it from these ongoing violations and breaches that have exceeded 54 breaches, while Lebanon and the resistance are fully committed to what they pledged.”


Among the provisions of the agreement is the establishment of a committee approved by Lebanon and Israel to supervise and assist in ensuring the implementation of the obligations contained in the agreement, with Lebanon and Israel submitting reports on any violations to the committee and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).


Berri called on the committee to "urgently begin its tasks and oblige Israel to stop its violations and withdraw from the territories it occupies before anything else."


On Friday, US General Jasper Jeffers, who will head the ceasefire monitoring and supervision committee, arrived in Beirut.


The Lebanese Army Command announced, in a statement on Friday, that Army Commander General Joseph Aoun met with General Jeffers and discussed the general situation and the coordination mechanism between the concerned parties in the south.


Israel's violations of the agreement varied between bombings to destroy homes, shelling with artillery, warplanes and drones, flying drones, firing machine guns, incursions, bulldozing roads, and setting fire to cars, which led to the death of 4 people, including a soldier, and the injury of others.


On Sunday, the Israeli army announced that it had carried out military operations in southern Lebanon against what it claimed were "Hezbollah sites," claiming that they "posed a direct threat to Israel and violated the ceasefire understandings."


Hezbollah is silent about the repeated Israeli violations, and has previously announced that it is monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire and has its “hand on the trigger.”


The Israeli aggression on Lebanon, with American support, resulted in 3,961 deaths and 16,520 wounded, including a large number of children and women. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after the escalation of the aggression on September 23, according to official Lebanese data.



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