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Israel confirms coordination with US on intensified strikes in Lebanon

Iran Press TV

Friday, 07 November 2025 8:14 AM

Israeli officials have confirmed that the recent attacks on Lebanon were carried out in coordination with the United States, despite the ceasefire brokered by Washington last year.

Israel's broadcasting corporation (Kan) cited Israeli officials as saying that the strikes in Lebanon were carried out "in coordination with the Americans," who have been present at Israel's so-called Northern Command base since the ceasefire was reached last November.

The sources claimed that the strikes came as the Lebanese Army "does not operate uniformly across the country when it comes to disarming the Hezbollah movement," and that its "pace of its operations is estimated to be slower than expected."

The officials said "the United States also recognizes that Hezbollah must be disarmed, in accordance with the decision of the Lebanese government."

In August, Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam tasked the country's army to develop a plan to restrict weapons to the state by the end of the year, a decision that aims at disarming the Hezbollah resistance movement that has for decades defended the country from external aggression, especially from the Israeli enemy.

Hezbollah has condemned the government's decision to disarm it as a "grave sin," warning that such a move would weaken the country against Israeli aggression. The popular resistance group declared it would ignore the decision entirely, treating it "as if it did not exist."

In a further escalation of its violations of the ceasefire agreement, Israel's warplanes carried out heavy airstrikes on several southern Lebanese towns on Thursday.

'Full-fledged crime'

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday decried the Israeli airstrikes as "full-fledged crime."

"What Israel committed today in southern Lebanon constitutes a full-fledged crime under international humanitarian law, which criminalizes the targeting, terrorizing, and forced displacement of civilians," Aoun said.

He also described the Israeli escalation as "a heinous political crime", stressing that "Every time Lebanon expresses openness to peaceful negotiations to resolve outstanding issues with Israel, the latter intensifies its aggression against Lebanese sovereignty, flaunts its disregard for UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and continues violating its obligations."

"Nearly a year has passed since the ceasefire took effect, and during that period Israel has spared no effort in showing its rejection of any negotiated settlement" between the two sides, Aoun said.

'Israel's destructive approach'

The Lebanese army also denounced the Israeli strikes as "a continuation of the enemy's destructive approach aimed at undermining Lebanon's stability, expanding devastation in the south, and prolonging the war to maintain the threat against the Lebanese people."

"These assaults also hinder the full deployment of the Lebanese army in implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement between Lebanon and Israel," the statement added.

It emphasized Lebanon's commitment to "close coordination with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)," emphasizing that "the partnership between both sides remains at a high level of trust and cooperation."

'US masterminds Israeli attacks'

Noting that the Israeli strikes targeted civilians' homes, Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Izz al-Din from Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Loyalty to the Resistance, stressed that the US masterminds the Israeli attacks.

He urged the Lebanese president and government to take decisive action against the Israeli enemy, calling for unity among the various components of Lebanese society.

"Israel does not differentiate between one Lebanese and another", Izz al-Din said, adding that" Israel targets "all of Lebanon and its capabilities because its project is expansionist".

He stressed Lebanon's "absolute" right to defend its people, its land, and its sovereignty, "without permission from anyone".

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire that took effect on November 27, 2024. Under the deal, Tel Aviv was required to withdraw fully from Lebanese territory — but has kept forces stationed at five sites, in clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the terms of last November's agreement.

Since the implementation of the ceasefire, Israel has violated the agreement thousands times through repeated assaults on Lebanese territory. Lebanese authorities have warned that the regime's violations of the ceasefire threaten national stability.