16-year-old Lea joins children killed in Israeli ceasefire violations
Lea Abou Karnib was with her two sisters and a sibling in a car on the Jarjou - Arab Salim road when an Israeli drone struck a car nearby.
On Wednesday, 16-year-old Abou Karnib died of her wounds, while her two sisters and their sibling survived their injuries.
Since a ceasefire was reached in late November, the Israeli army did not stop its attacks, claiming it is targeting Hezbollah members "violating" the ceasefire.
The attacks are less frequent, compared to the 13 months of clashes including two months of all-out war, but too recurrent as sometimes Israel struck Lebanese territories more than once per day. The Israeli army struck more than 15 locations over the week end, during the funerals of former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli strike during the war in September.
The frequent almost daily violations, including mock raids and the Israeli occupation of five "strategic points" in south Lebanon, leave Lebanon and the Lebanese in a state of fear as the state plans to disarm Hezbollah, saying that from now on only the Lebanese army would defend the nation.
The strike on Arab Salim in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region, two weeks ago, targeted and killed two Hezbollah members, but also killed Abou Karnib who was critically injured in the head on the road to her village, Arab Salim.
At least 57 civilians have been killed, since the ceasefire went into effect, although Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah.
At least 26 civilians were killed in January as Israeli forces opened fire in south Lebanon at war-displaced residents who were trying to return home while the Israeli military remained deployed past their withdrawal deadline.
In early February, two children were killed along with their father, a Hezbollah member, in an explosion of their house in the southern border town of Tayr Harfa.
A 14-year-old girl was later killed by gunfire in the southern border town of Houla as Israeli forces opened fire on a group of residents attempting to return to their village and did not allow ambulances to reach the area.
During the war on Lebanon and Gaza, Israel showed willingness to kill significant numbers of civilians in pursuit of a single target. The Israeli army also deliberately attacked hundreds of civilians, including families of Hezbollah members, journalists, and medical workers. It also targeted Lebanese Army soldiers - although the army did not participate in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
In September, simultaneous mass explosions targeting electronic devices across Lebanon in crowded civilian areas, such as residential streets and grocery stores, as well as in people’s homes, killed and injured civilians and spread terror among the Lebanese, who saw people running in the streets with blood flowing from their fingers and eyes. The pagers were not only distributed to Hezbollah fighters but were likely also distributed to employees of Hezbollah institutions that work in civilian capacities.
Source: Naharnet
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