Today, Monday, Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon escalated, with air strikes, artillery shelling and combing operations with heavy machine guns, in conjunction with the bombing of homes and facilities in a number of towns, amid the continuation of field and political obstacles facing the negotiating track between Beirut and Tel Aviv. The National News Agency stated that the occupation forces intensified their operations in several sectors of southern Lebanon, in conjunction with diplomatic moves aimed at completing the framework agreement sponsored by the United States. In the town of Al-Mansoori, the occupation forces blew up a number of residential houses in the town at dawn, while the explosions resonated in the villages of Sidon and the Lebanese coast. The town of Majdal Zone also witnessed bombings and bombings of homes and warehouses. In parallel, the Israeli warplanes launched raids on the Zebqin Valley, while Al-Mansouri, Majdal Zone and the surrounding valleys were subjected to heavy artillery shelling.
