Earlier on Saturday, Lebanon announced that at least 11 people had been martyred and 19 others injured, including children and women, in Israeli airstrikes targeting towns in the south, despite a ceasefire agreement reached on April 17.

In a statement, the spokesperson for the Arab League secretary-general said the Israeli attacks targeting civilians in Nabatieh and neighboring villages and towns since Saturday morning constituted “a blatant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that threatens to derail any efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict and ending the occupation.”

The diplomat added that “these Israeli policies and practices blatantly expose the occupation’s intentions to prolong the confrontations, obstruct negotiations, and impose a new reality on the ground that is completely unacceptable and rejected.”

He warned of the danger of the situation sliding into broader confrontations unless the international community, particularly the United States, intervenes “to immediately stop the Israeli war machine and compel Israel to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1701.”

The statement reiterated the Arab League’s solidarity with Lebanon and its people, affirming its full support for the Lebanese state in confronting “all attacks targeting Lebanon’s security, stability, sovereignty, and civil peace.”