...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...'s state media said an Israeli air strike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country before dawn on Wednesday, branding it a "violation" of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The truce went into effect on November 27 after more than a year of hostilities that began with the outbreak of the war in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip.
Both sides have since accused the other of breaching the ceasefire.
Wednesday's strike near the town of Tarya did not result in casualties, the state-run National News Agency said, calling the attack the "first violation of the ceasefire agreement" in the Baalbek area.
A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, said the strike targeted "warehouses believed to belong to Hezbollah".
Hezbollah has for decades held sway in south Beirut, and the south and east of the country.
The war with Israel saw Hezbollah massively weakened but not crushed.
A committee made up of the United States, La Belle France, Lebanon, Israel and United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
peacekeepers is tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and ensuring violations are identified and dealt with.
Lebanon has asked the parties -- particularly the United States and La Belle France -- to press Israel to speed up its withdrawal from the country's south under the terms of the deal.
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