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Army threatens to 'suspend' coordination with monitoring committee for first time since cease-fire

Rajji says he has 'intensified his contacts' to end Israeli attacks.

Army threatens to 'suspend' coordination with monitoring committee for first time since cease-fire

Rescue workers and Civil Defense agents at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on June 6, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient Today.)

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army warned Friday morning that it may halt its cooperation with the International Monitoring Committee overseeing the Israel-Lebanon cease-fire, specifically over inspections of sites targeted by Israeli threats.

This warning comes as Tel Aviv, according to the Lebanese troops, refused to allow the Lebanese Army to inspect certain places identified by the Israeli army as hosting drone manufacturing sites in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which were bombed Thursday night, on the eve of the Adha festival.

In a statement, the Lebanese Army indicated that Israel "is intensifying its aggressions against Lebanon," whether through its strikes on various regions, the occupation of Lebanese territories or its daily "violations" of Lebanon's sovereignty, all "without regard for the mechanism of cessation of hostilities or the efforts of the Monitoring Committee on the cessation of hostilities [the Mechanism]."


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The role of the Committee and the army 'weakened'

This mechanism was established under the ceasefire agreement on Nov.27, 2024 and provided chiefly that if there was suspicion of a violation of the truce terms by Hezbollah, a complaint would first be transmitted to the committee, before being subject to verification.

According to the terms of this agreement, "a committee approved by Israel and Lebanon will be created to supervise and assist in the implementation of these commitments, and Israel and Lebanon will report any violation of these commitments to this committee and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)."


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This is the mechanism that the Lebanese Army command wanted to activate Thursday night, as soon as the threats of the Israeli army were published, without success, according to the text. In this context, the troops contacted the monitoring committee, which includes American and French generals and UNIFIL, and "patrols were dispatched to several sites to inspect them, despite the enemy's refusal to accept this proposal."

An hour later, the Israeli air force began its strikes, some very powerful, on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Faced with the "enemy's insistence on violating the cease-fire agreement and its refusal to cooperate with the Monitoring Committee," the Army considers that the role of this committee, and its own, are "weakened." "This could lead the military institution to suspend its cooperation with the Committee regarding the inspection of sites," it warned.


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The Army condemned the strikes, and "particularly" those of yesterday, "occurring on the eve of the festivities, in a clear attempt by the enemy to hinder Lebanon's revival ... as well as its ability to benefit from the current positive conditions." It finally stated that it continues its missions "to extend state authority over the entire national territory and ensure Lebanon's and the Lebanese people's security."

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For his part, Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji stated, according to a press release from his press office, "He has intensified his contacts to halt Israeli aggressions."

"Since last night, Rajji has intensified his contacts with the concerned countries," the text reads, in which "Lebanon condemns the Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Ain Qana area in the South." He also recalled "the necessity to apply Resolution 1701 and for Israel to comply with the cease-fire agreement."

Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said that “the repeated Israeli aggressions reflect the enemy’s persistent desire to impose the law of the jungle.”

“Several people were injured yesterday, adding to the long list of war victims — whether in Ain Qana, where three civilians were wounded, or in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where others were hurt by severe damage, including shattered glass from targeted or nearby buildings,” he added.

He urged the international community — particularly the two sponsors of the ceasefire agreement, the United States and France — to “act seriously to deter Israel’s ongoing unilateral aggression.”

The day before, President Joseph Aoun had called these strikes a "flagrant violation of an international agreement" and an affront "to the fundamental principles of law and humanitarian and U.N. resolutions, on the eve of a sacred religious holiday." He said it was a "message that the perpetrator of these atrocities sends to the United States, regarding their policies and initiatives above all, passing through the mailbox of Beirut and the blood of its innocents and civilians." "Lebanon will never give up," he concluded.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had also denounced a "systematic and deliberate aggression" against the country, particularly against the southern suburbs of the capital, and called on the international community to "assume its responsibilities by dissuading Israel from continuing its attacks."

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had denounced strikes that, according to him, "do not target a particular community or region, but Lebanon as a whole, its inhabitants, as well as Arabs and Muslims in their places of worship."

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army warned Friday morning that it may halt its cooperation with the International Monitoring Committee overseeing the Israel-Lebanon cease-fire, specifically over inspections of sites targeted by Israeli threats.This warning comes as Tel Aviv, according to the Lebanese troops, refused to allow the Lebanese Army to inspect certain places identified by the Israeli army as hosting drone manufacturing sites in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which were bombed Thursday night, on the eve of the Adha festival.In a statement, the Lebanese Army indicated that Israel "is intensifying its aggressions against Lebanon," whether through its strikes on various regions, the occupation of Lebanese territories or its daily "violations" of Lebanon's sovereignty, all "without regard for the mechanism of cessation of hostilities or...
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