Lebanese Army announces completion of deployment in the town of Zoutar al-Gharbi amid Israeli occupation attacks

Beirut – KUNA: The Lebanese Army announced on Tuesday the completion of the deployment of its military units inside the town of Zouitar al-Gharbi (Western Zouitar) in the Nabatieh Governorate in the south of the country, adding that its personnel came under fire from Israeli occupation forces.

In a statement, the Army Command said that the military units carried out their deployment inside Western Zouitar, reaching its outskirts, and conducted an engineering survey there following the necessary coordination with the Special Military Coordination Group for Lebanon. It emphasized that the adjacent town of Eastern Zouitar had not been entered.

The Army Command clarified that Israeli occupation forces approached the outskirts of the town and fired at close range to Army personnel while they were carrying out their mission, endangering them and hindering their work. It stressed the necessity of resolving any issues through established channels “rather than through attacks.”

In a related development, the Lebanese Red Cross announced that two of its medics were injured by the explosion of a landmine in a humanitarian bus while carrying out a mission to retrieve a corpse in Eastern Zouitar. The convoy was later able to exit with the accompaniment of the Army and Civil Defense, and the injured were provided with first aid.

Regarding field developments, the Lebanese National News Agency reported that occupation forces carried out explosive operations in Wadi al-Istabl in the town of Houla and in two waves in the town of Majdal Zoun, coinciding with the setting of fires at the outskirts of the town of Aitroun and the firing of machine guns in several towns in southern Lebanon.