Above photo: Israel’s Al-Bayad military site in flames following a Hezbollah attack on 31 October. Hezbollah Military Media.
As Gaza prepares for a four-day ceasefire, several Hezbollah attacks targeted Israeli sites on the border.
Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah confirmed on 22 November that it will not be involved in the truce agreement announced earlier in the day between Israel and the Gaza resistance.
“The party was not part of the negotiations related to the truce agreement and prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel,” a Hezbollah official told Al-Jazeera on Wednesday.
“Any Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon or Gaza during the truce would be met with a response from Hezbollah,” the source added.
Israeli newspaper Maariv had earlier claimed Hezbollah would be “part of the ceasefire as long as Israel abides by it,” attributing the quote to a “senior Hezbollah official” who spoke with Al-Jazeera.
Lebanese news outlet LBCI also cited “sources” saying that the Gaza ceasefire “might apply to southern Lebanon.”
Hamas and Israel came to the agreement for a four-day ceasefire on Wednesday morning.
“After difficult and complex negotiations for many days, we announce, with the help and success of God Almighty, that we have reached a humanitarian truce agreement (temporary ceasefire) for a period of four days, with persistent and appreciated Qatari and Egyptian efforts,” a Hamas statement reads.
The agreement will see the release of 50 Israeli women and children held captive by Hamas in exchange for the release of 150 female Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Humanitarian relief, medical supplies, and fuel deliveries are set to enter all areas of Gaza, north and south, without exception.
The four-day truce is not expected to take effect until the following morning.
Hezbollah announced on 22 November that it targeted the Al-Raheb site with Burkan missiles, as well as the Bayad Blida site and the Yiftah Barracks. The attacks all “caused direct hits.”
Hours earlier, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah welcomed a Hamas delegation in Beirut.
“The meeting reviewed recent events, assessed positions, and discussed developments and possibilities on all fronts, especially in Gaza,” Lebanese state-media reported.
The “importance of continuing work and coordination,” were discussed, Hezbollah said in a statement.
The meeting comes one day after two Al-Mayadeen journalists, as well as an elderly woman and several others, were killed in Israeli bombing of south Lebanon.
Hezbollah responded with a Katyusha missile attack on the Beit Hilal military base, as well as attacks on other sites.