Kataeb slams Hezbollah for 'storing weapons near houses'

The Kataeb party criticized Hezbollah Tuesday for "storing weapons between houses".

"Hiding weapons between houses does not support Gaza," al-Kataeb said in a statement, mentioning a strike on "an ammunition depot" in Adloun in south Lebanon.

The Israeli military had struck late Saturday "Hezbollah weapons storage facilities" in Adloun.

Rockets were still exploding about an hour after the strike was reported and the blasts "lightly injured three citizens" as shrapnel from the explosions flew to surrounding villages.

These ammunition depots "open the door to Israeli attacks and turn the Lebanese into human shields", al-Kataeb said.

The statement blamed the Lebanese government for failing to protect the Lebanese and urged for a parliamentary session to discuss the issue.

Opposition MPs, including al-Kataeb MPs, had filed Monday a petition asking for a parliamentary session to discuss the ongoing clashes on the southern border.

The petition demanded putting an end to all military actions carried out by Hezbollah in south Lebanon, declaring a state of emergency in the south, and deploying the Lebanese Army there to defend Lebanon against any Israeli attacks.

It also urged for the full implementation of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

Hezbollah has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on southern Israel triggered war in the Gaza Strip.

The violence since October has killed at least 516 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.

On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.