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Aoun and Salam condemn Israeli blasts in Southern Lebanon, warn of threat to ceasefire effortsBEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, a Syriac Maronite, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday condemned a new wave of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, warning that the explosions and bombardments risk undermining fragile diplomatic efforts to preserve the ceasefire while causing damage to villages and cultural heritage sites. The latest escalation came after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a series of powerful overnight explosions near the historic Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, saying the operation targeted an extensive underground tunnel network used by the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.syriacpress.com