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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Deadly Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon as Hezbollah rejects disarmament </h1><p class="gmail-">Israeli drone attacks killed three people in the southern towns of Jwaya, Safad al-Battikh, and Yater
</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">DEC 14, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/deadly-israeli-strikes-hit-south-lebanon-as-hezbollah-rejects-disarmament">https://thecradle.co/articles/deadly-israeli-strikes-hit-south-lebanon-as-hezbollah-rejects-disarmament</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/888a04c6-d8f7-11f0-bbd2-00163e02c055.jpeg" alt="" width="432" height="243" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: X)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>At
least three people were killed in southern Lebanon on 14 December in
violent Israeli drone attacks targeting multiple villages, one day after
Hezbollah\u2019s Secretary-General vowed that the resistance would not
surrender its arms. </p><p>An Israeli drone struck a car in the town of
Jwaya on Sunday afternoon, destroying the vehicle. One person, a
municipal worker from the town named Zakaria al-Hajj, was killed in the
attack. </p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>Earlier,
one person was killed in a strike on a car in Safad al-Battikh, Bint
Jbeil. Before that, the Israeli army bombed a motorbike in the town of
Yater, killing one and injuring another. </p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>Israel <a href="https://t.me/idf_telegram/20531">claimed</a> all three were Hezbollah \u201cterrorists.\u201d</p><p>\u201cThe
terrorists were engaged in attempts to rehabilitate the infrastructure
of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, and their actions constituted a
violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,\u201d the
Israeli army said in a statement. </p><p>In the town of Yanouh, residents returned on Sunday to a residential building that was threatened by Israel the day before.</p><p>Tel
Aviv demanded, via the US-led ceasefire monitoring mechanism, that the
Lebanese army search the building for Hezbollah weapons. Nothing was
found.</p><p>The deadly attacks across the south come one day after
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed that the group will not surrender its
weapons despite pressure and threats. </p><p>"We will defend ourselves
even if the sky were to close in on the earth. The weapons will not be
taken away in implementation of Israel\u2019s demands, even if the whole
world unites against Lebanon," Qassem <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-syria-not-a-model-for-lebanon-weapons-will-not-be-taken-to-fulfill-israels-demands">said</a> in a speech on 13 December. </p><p>In the past two months, Israel has significantly <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-strikes-hit-southern-eastern-lebanon-in-new-escalation">escalated</a> its violations of the Lebanon ceasefire, claiming the resistance movement has rearmed itself.</p><p>Dozens
of Lebanese have been killed since the start of last month alone. Since
the ceasefire deal went into effect in November 2024, over 300 people
have been killed \u2013 including scores of civilians and children.</p><p>Israel has threatened to launch a <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/lebanese-fm-says-beirut-warned-israel-preparing-large-scale-assault">major offensive</a>
against the country unless Hezbollah surrenders its weapons by the end
of 2025. Washington has publicly backed Tel Aviv\u2019s threats.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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