TEHRAN — For the fifth consecutive night, Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded southern Lebanon in a relentless campaign of territorial erasure. On Friday morning, Israeli forces directed heavy machine gun fire at Touline and Wadi Al-Hujeir. Troops systematically detonated the homes of displaced families in Haddatha and Beit Yahoun.

The physical destruction is entirely methodical. Tel Aviv is implementing a scorched-earth policy across the border region.

Satellite imagery confirms Israeli troops have flattened entire neighborhoods across 24 villages. The regime has destroyed 2,500 kilometers of water infrastructure and burned centuries of cultural heritage to the ground. In Nabatieh, a sprawling 13th century Mamluk market now lies in ruins.

The human cost continues to climb. Over 4,346 people have been killed and 12,000 injured since the aggression escalated on March 2.

Paramedics face deliberate double and triple strikes. These attacks have murdered 135 healthcare workers.

Israeli artillery units routinely fire illegal white phosphorus into civilian woodlands, causing horrific chemical burns and necrosis among the local population.

U.S.-backed diplomacy has failed completely. Senior Hezbollah official Nawaf Moussawi recently told Middle East Eye that negotiations without military leverage are useless.

He criticized President Joseph Aoun for entering talks without national unity, arguing the American framework aims only to spark internal Lebanese conflict.

Israel now faces a highly sophisticated fourth generation of Hezbollah fighters. “Liberating the land requires fighting the Israeli occupier and driving it back,” Moussawi stated. Armed resistance stands as the sole legitimate avenue to secure national dignity and achieve total liberation.

Washington shielding the aggressor

The international community watches this devastation in silence. Washington actively enables it. The United States exploits a deeply flawed framework agreement to pressure Beirut into disarming Hezbollah. This diplomatic maneuvering grants Israel a free hand to expand its occupation.

The U.S. Treasury imposed fresh sanctions on Hezbollah on Thursday. The resistance movement dismissed the diplomatic move on Friday as a predictable imperialist tactic.

The U.S. “lacks any moral or legal standing to judge others, given its criminal record from Vietnam to Iraq and its complete backing of genocide in Gaza,” Hezbollah stated.

The movement proudly reaffirmed its fraternal alliance with Iran, thanking Tehran for its unwavering support during past wars and reconstruction projects, while pledging that no sanctions will weaken its commitment to Lebanese sovereignty.