zion¿st military is constructing a new, large wall along the border with southern Lebanon, Al Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib revealed, coinciding with an escalation of zionist airstrikes and threats of a broad campaign against the country.

Shoeib released photos from southern Lebanon on his Telegram account showing “enemy forces building a new concrete wall at the border with occupied Palestine, behind the Blue Line between the settlement of Evfim and the Jall al-Deir, opposite the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Aitaroun.”

“The newly established Israeli site inside Lebanese territory in Jabal al-Blat is about one kilometer away from the border [wall],” Shoeib added, referring to one of the Lebanese border areas occupied by Israeli troops during the ceasefire.

“The wall is being built behind the Blue Line, inside the occupied territories, and it does not violate Lebanese territory. The violation occurs at the newly established military site on Jabal al-Blat, south of Aitaroun, which extends one kilometer deep, and not because of the wall,” Shoeib clarified later, responding to a social media user who claimed the wall was currently being built on Lebanese territory.

Israel had already begun constructing a border wall in 2018, located near the Shtula settlement in the western Galilee. By 2020, 15 kilometers of concrete wall had been erected as part of an Israeli plan to construct a barrier, worth $470 million, along the entirety of the border with Lebanon.

Israeli troops occupied several areas along the border during the 2024 ceasefire, in violation of the deal. Tel Aviv insists that it will not consider withdrawal until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Washington has backed Tel Aviv’s position and recently threatened that Lebanon will face a widespread Israeli campaign unless the resistance surrenders its arms.

Israel has escalated airstrikes on Lebanon in recent weeks. Fifteen people have been killed since the start of November alone.

Israeli artillery shelling targeted the border town of Aita al-Shaab on 11 November. Israeli forces also carried out an incursion into Aitaroun and blew up four homes.

The new violations came hours after large fires erupted across southern Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes on Monday. The Israeli army also bombed eastern Lebanon on 10 November, claiming it struck Hezbollah infrastructure and weapons sites.

Hezbollah has rejected a Lebanese Cabinet decision issued in August, which called for the group’s disarmament.

The resistance says it would eventually be willing to discuss incorporating its arms into the Lebanese military as part of a defensive strategy that would keep the weapons available for use if Lebanon is attacked.

However, it rejects any discussion of the matter while zionist continues to attack Lebanon and occupy several areas along the southern border.

“Hezbollah is playing with fire and the President of Lebanon is dragging his feet,” war Minister Katz said in a social media post at the start of this month. “The Lebanese government’s commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon must be carried out.”

“The strictest enforcement will continue and will even deepen – we will not allow a threat to the residents of the north,” the defense minister added.

Tens of thousands of zionists were forced to flee from the northern settlements when Hezbollah opened its support front in October 2023. Two years later, many of them have not returned.

The Cradle Media report