Israel kills three in Lebanon as Rubio hails progress in Washington talks | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Lebanon’s National News Agency said three people were killed in an Israeli attack on a car in Nabatieh.

Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has taken place he continued despite the end of the war, and three people were killed during a car attack in the south of the country, while the Israeli and Lebanese officials are facing the last day of negotiations in Washington.

According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), three people were killed on Thursday, and one was injured after an Israeli attack hit a vehicle on the road between Zawtar and Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district.

NNA reported that the Israeli army set fire to several buildings in the town of Ain Arab, after issuing warnings to force people to evacuate the town before 5pm on Wednesday.

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, since the fighting began on March 2, 4,230 people have been killed and 12,179 injured.

According to reports from Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said the end of the war between Israel and Hezbollah is still “fragile” as the Israeli army continues to target “anyone or anything in the frontline villages”.

“(These are) villages outside the city of Nabatieh, which are located on the side of the territory occupied by Israel,” Khodr explained. “So the message is that they don’t want people to go near the area, there have been airstrikes, they have dropped surprise bombs… people have been killed.

“Those villages, the Israeli army has not been able to capture them during weeks of fighting and still wants to control them with fire because the more territory you control, the more power you gain. discussion“he said, adding that Lebanese and Israeli officials are discussing how to divide the land gradually.

Ceasefire negotiations

Israel and Lebanon have been negotiating a resolution supported by the United States for the past three days, with the talks ending in Washington, DC, on Thursday. The talks have focused on the Israeli military handing over some of the areas that have been in the war with Hezbollah to the Lebanese army.

A US State Department official told Reuters that Israel had taken a “steady step” to implement the proposal, which was part of recent talks, by withdrawing from a part of southern Lebanon.

However, Israel’s security chief denied that there had been any trouble, adding that Israel would not withdraw from its territory.

In addition, a senior Lebanese military official told Reuters that today’s developments have shown “anti-retaliation”.

However, the Secretary of State of the US Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon are moving forward on the “commitment of the goal”.

“I think we’re very close to our expectation of a compromise between the two countries,” Rubio told reporters at the event. to Bahrain.

“This will happen, it will take time, it will take a lot of work, but I can tell you that for the first time in 30 years, the ruling government of Lebanon is talking to the government of Israel directly.”

Under pressure from the US, Lebanese officials began direct talks in April with Israel in Washington.

Hezbollah, however, has criticized the Lebanese-Israeli talks, demanding that Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon first.