Israeli warplanes struck residential areas in Qannaret, southern Lebanon, on Tuesday, marking the latest in a series of attacks that have persisted despite the November ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.
Video footage circulating on social media shows plumes of smoke rising from what appears to be a residential complex in the southern Lebanese town, with the sound of aircraft overhead and secondary explosions echoing through the area.
The strikes come as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun publicly praised his government for ensuring "not a single bullet" has been fired at Israel from Lebanese territory since the ceasefire took effect. Yet residents in southern Lebanon report a starkly different reality on the ground.
The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
"The ceasefire exists only in Beirut's official statements," said one resident of the south who requested anonymity. "We hear the jets almost daily. The explosions are real. Our children cannot sleep."
The November 2026 ceasefire agreement, brokered with French and American mediation, was meant to end two months of intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Under its terms, both sides agreed to halt military operations, with the Lebanese army deployed to the south to prevent Hezbollah from rebuilding its military infrastructure near the border.
Israel has maintained throughout that it reserves the right to strike what it considers "imminent threats" to its security, a clause that has proven elastic in practice. Israeli officials have not commented on the latest strikes in Qannaret, following their usual policy of neither confirming nor denying specific operations in Lebanon.




