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On Monday and Tuesday, Israel expanded its strikes and ground operations in Lebanon as the U.S.\u2019s negotiations with Iran came to a standstill. <\/p>\n

Overnight on Monday, Israel bombed areas in Southern Lebanon and in Bekaa Valley in Eastern Lebanon, and expanded its ground operation outside of the so-called \u201cyellow line,\u201d an Israeli-drawn line separating Israel\u2019s current occupation of areas of the South from the rest of Lebanon. Israel also issued an evacuation warning on Tuesday for the city of Nabatieh, north of the Litani river. <\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s strikes on the Bekaa region Monday night killed 11 people, including two children, in the village of Mashghara. When asked about the strike in Mashghara, the Israeli military claimed that they had targeted \u201cHezbollah infrastructure sites.\u201d <\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s expansion on Tuesday followed a statement by Netanyahu late on Monday that he had ordered the Israeli military to \u201cincrease the blows\u201d and \u201cincrease the intensity\u201d in its attacks on Lebanon. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Netanyahu said that Israel had \u201clarge forces on the ground\u201d in Southern Lebanon and that it was taking control of \u201cstrategic areas.\u201d <\/p>\n

This is despite the fact that Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire on May 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s clear that we can read the escalation in Israeli airstrikes across the South and the Bekaa valley as an attempt by the Israeli government to derail the U.S.\u2019s negotiations with Iran, which have been nearing a resolution,\u201d journalist Lylla Younes told Truthout<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Israel has used bombing Lebanon in the past as a means to deter a deal. On April 8, shortly after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S. and Israel\u2019s war on Iran, Israel launched massive attacks on Lebanon, killing at least 357 people \u2014 and pushing Iran to call negotiations \u201cmeaningless.\u201d <\/p>\n

Iran has repeatedly insisted that a deal must include Lebanon, while Israel has demanded otherwise. <\/p>\n

According to reports, the Trump administration has suggested that it would support expanded Israeli attacks on Lebanon, as long as there were no attacks on the capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n

But footage has shown residents fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, fearing additional attacks on the capital. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been drones over the skies in Beirut, but there have been no airstrikes on Beirut since the ceasefire, except for one airstrike on the Southern suburbs which was announced in advance,\u201d Younes said. \u201cSo Netanyahu\u2019s renewed threats on this escalation north of the \u201cyellow line\u201d is basically creating unsettling conditions in the Southern suburbs. People are packing their bags again, they\u2019re fleeing again, in anticipation of unannounced strikes happening there.\u201d <\/p>\n

Younes insisted that much of this \u201cescalation\u201d was not new, saying:<\/p>\n

Since the \u2018ceasefire\u2019 went into effect last month, the Israeli military has continuously bombarded the South, killed hundreds of people, and caused widespread destruction, including the complete erasure of a number of villages on the Southern border\u2026. the bloodshed has been ongoing, the attacks on medical personnel and journalists have been ongoing since the so-called ceasefire went into effect.<\/p>\n

On Monday, UN forces in Lebanon reported extensive Israeli attacks, including \u201c91 airspace violations \u2014 the highest number since the ceasefire came into effect on 17 April,\u201d along with \u201c399 firing incidents attributed to Israeli forces\u201d and \u201c11 trajectories of projectiles attributed to Hezbollah.\u201d <\/p>\n

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