Israel has once again breached the informal ceasefire by launching an attack on the Lebanese Army

On Wednesday, Israeli troops stationed at the Abbad post fired upon a Lebanese Army patrol near Houla, a town close to the southern border, in breach of an unofficial ceasefire.

The truce, lasting four days, experienced occasional disruptions due to Israeli shelling and the continuous presence of Israeli surveillance drones overhead. During this period, Hezbollah adhered to the truce terms.

The ceasefire’s relative calm was further disturbed on Tuesday when Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, a border town. Additional incidents over the weekend included the Israeli military shooting down a surface-to-air missile fired from Lebanese territory at one of its drones. In a separate incident, a resident of Kfarkila had a close call when Israeli forces shot at his Renault Rapid car, missing him. Israeli forces also fired warning shots at farmers working in the Hounin Valley and inadvertently struck a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol with gunfire.

While neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah were officially part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, this temporary truce has led to a reduction in the usual exchanges of rockets, artillery fire, and airstrikes in the region.