"Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has accused Israel of responding to its offer to negotiate by intensifying air strikes, the latest of which killed a man riding a motorbike in southern Lebanon. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire, Israel has kept troops in five areas of southern Lebanon and has continued near-daily air strikes, repeatedly violating the truce. Israel claims it is targeting Hezbollah, but civilians have also been killed."
"Aoun had called for negotiations with Israel in mid-October, after United States President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire in Gaza. Lebanon is ready for negotiations to end the Israeli occupation, but any negotiation requires mutual willingness, which is not the case, Aoun said on Friday. Israel is responding to this option by carrying out more attacks against Lebanon and intensifying tensions, he added during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul."
"Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said an Israeli drone targeted a man on a motorbike in the village of Kunin on Friday. The Ministry of Public Health reported one person was killed and another wounded. The Israeli military claimed it had eliminated a Hezbollah maintenance officer who was working to re-establish the group's infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon."
Lebanon offered negotiations to end the Israeli occupation but says talks require mutual willingness, which it contends is absent. Israel has kept troops in five southern Lebanese areas since the November 2024 ceasefire and has carried out near-daily air strikes that Lebanon says violate the truce. An Israeli drone strike in Kunin killed one motorcyclist and wounded another; Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah maintenance officer. A separate strike hit a building in Nabatieh without casualties. Israeli raids recently killed municipal worker Ibrahim Salameh in Blida. President Aoun ordered the army to confront incursions to defend Lebanese territory.
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