Will withdraw from ceasefire agreement if Israel continues attacking Lebanon: Iran

Hours after the ceasefire was announced, Iran on Wednesday said it will withdraw from the US ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate it by attacking Lebanon. A senior official in Iran told Al Jazeera that the country will “punish Israel in response to the crime it committed in Lebanon and the violation of the ceasefire terms”. “The ceasefire includes the region, and Israel is known for breaking promises and will only be deterred by bullets”, the official said. The statement from Iran comes as the Israeli army launched what it said were 100 airstrikes at multiple locations across Lebanon in a span of 10



minutes.

Jeanine Hennis, the UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon, called for an end to the deadly violence in Lebanon. “Today’s wave of [Israeli military] strikes came just as hopes for an end to violence and destruction were rising. This cannot go on. Neither side can shoot or strike their way to victory,” she wrote on X.

The UN Refugee Agency’s office in Lebanon says the Israeli bombardment struck locations across Beirut and other parts of the country. “Deaths are mounting. Destruction is massive. Civilians are paying the price. Again,” UNHCR Lebanon wrote on X.