Jane Araf
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Jane Araf, NPR News, Beirut.
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Thank you, Scott.
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Iran is now saying that it was Washington's job to ensure Israel adhered to the ceasefire in Lebanon.
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And it's saying that Washington did not fulfill that commitment, and it calls it a violation of the understanding it had with the United States.
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Iran further says that calls the entire agreement, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, into question.
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That's after Israeli attacks Friday and Saturday.
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Those attacks were in the Bekaa Valley in the east, but mostly in southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces have invaded and are trying to take more territory.
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Hezbollah is fighting back.
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Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 55 people, including 12 children, according to state media and local officials.
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And Hezbollah attacks on advancing forces inside Lebanon killed four Israeli soldiers.
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So not much of a ceasefire.
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Well, as we've seen, Israel believes it's not bound by that wider agreement, which calls for ensuring Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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In fact, Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military is destroying Lebanese border villages, including infrastructure, making it impossible for 200,000 residents to return.
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and Israeli troops are trying to take a strategic Hezbollah position deeper into Lebanon.
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Hezbollah has been attacking Israeli tanks and troops to prevent that advance.
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There is an awful lot of destruction, including downtown in the historic Ottoman-era market, hundreds of years old.
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All of that was heavily damaged.
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We met one of the town residents, Najib Ayad, a little further into the city.
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He was returning briefly to see the damage to his apartment.
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