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Beirut
Lebanese
Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said on Wednesday that Hezbollah’s weapons had “lost
their justification” and that the state remained committed to placing all arms
under its authority, as the group carried out a series of attacks against
Israeli forces “in retaliation for strikes across southern Lebanon” that left
more than 30 people killed or wounded.
Speaking
before the French parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Raggi noted that
Lebanon was enduring difficult circumstances because of a war “imposed on
it in service of external agendas unrelated to its interests.” He stressed
that negotiations with Israel were being conducted exclusively by the Lebanese
state and in Lebanon’s interest, describing diplomacy as the only viable path
after military approaches allegedly failed to deliver a lasting solution.
Attacks Continue
According to
Lebanese media, at least 17 people were killed and 15 others wounded in today’s
Israeli attacks targeting areas in the districts of Saida, Western Beqaa, Tyre,
Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, and Jezzine. The deadliest strike hit Tayr Debba, where
nine people were killed, and seven were injured.
مشهد مروع من الاستهداف في صيداأفاد مراسل الجديد أن سيارة استُهدفت قرب شارع رياض الصلح في مدينة صيدا، ما أدى إلى اندلاع حريق امتد إلى عدد من السيارات المجاورة.#أخبار_الجديد #صيدا pic.twitter.com/0HHzCwy9w7
— Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) June 10, 2026
The Lebanese
Health Ministry said 3,696 people have been killed and 11,413 wounded in
Israeli military operations since hostilities resumed on March 2, including
women and children.
The Israeli
military reported that it had detained two Lebanese suspects who approached
troops in southern Lebanon and transferred them to Israel for questioning.
Hezbollah,
in response, announced nine operations, saying its fighters targeted Israeli
troops, military vehicles, command positions, and communications equipment
along the border using drones, rockets, artillery shells, and guided missiles. The
Lebanese party said it struck an Israeli military communications vehicle at
Al-Sallaa Hill in Qantara, targeted soldiers in Zawtar El Charqiyeh, and
launched additional attacks against Israeli forces in Yahmar Al-Shaqif, Debel,
and Bayyada.
According to
Israeli military figures, 30 soldiers and officers have been killed and 1,302
wounded on the Lebanese front since March 2, including 76 in serious condition
and 146 with moderate injuries, although the military maintains strict
restrictions on operational disclosures.
Last week,
Lebanon and Israel held a fourth round of direct talks in Washington since
hostilities resumed. The proposed agreement conditions the ceasefire on a complete halt to
Hezbollah fire and the withdrawal of the group’s operatives from the area south
of the Litani River. Under US supervision, both sides agreed to accelerate the
establishment of pilot zones in which the Lebanese Armed Forces would exercise
exclusive control, excluding all non-state armed groups. No timetable has been
announced for an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory.
Israeli
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel would continue targeting Hezbollah
infrastructure and retain the freedom to strike Beirut in response to any fire
directed at Israel. Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, however, rejected
the US-backed framework, arguing that any ceasefire must apply to all Lebanese
territory and not
separate southern Lebanon from the rest of the country, while opposing any arrangement that would
allow Israeli military operations elsewhere in the country.
A new round
of Lebanese-Israeli talks is scheduled for June 22.
