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After the first Israeli strike in Beirut since a U.S-mediated cease-fire in Lebanon took effect killed the commander of the elite Radwan force, the IDF raised alert levels amid fears of a Hezbollah response targeted at Israel's Lebanon-border communities

While IDF troops are authorized to respond without restriction to immediate threats to life, officers say they are barred from targeting terror infrastructure, launch sites and weapons depots north of the Litani River unless Hezbollah operatives are physically present

The Israeli army said it killed five Hezbollah operatives over the past day, including three that opened fire at troops ■ Lebanon's army says one soldier and his brother were killed during IDF strikes

Sergeant Idan Fooks was killed in an explosive-laden Hezbollah drone strike. According to the IDF, six others were wounded in the Hezbollah attack, four of them severely. Hezbollah said it continued its strikes in response to Israel's 'persistent violations of the cease-fire'

Hezbollah said it 'continued targeting of Israeli enemy positions on our occupied land and shelling enemy settlements in northern occupied Palestine,' saying the strikes are a legitimate response to Israel's 'persistent violations of the cease-fire'

De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft het leger zaterdagavond opgedragen om "krachtige aanvallen uit te voeren op doelen van Hezbollah in Libanon". Daarmee doet hij het staakt-het-vuren tussen Israël en Libanon verder wankelen.

De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft opdracht gegeven tot ‘krachtige aanvallen op doelen van Hezbollah in Libanon’. Dat staat in een korte officiële verklaring. Er geldt sinds midden april een bestand tussen Libanon en Israël, maar daarmee kwam geen einde aan de strijd tussen Israël en de pro-Iraanse Hezbollahbeweging.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pressured Trump to impose a cease-fire with Hezbollah and is now striving to influence the Israel-Lebanon talks, which Jerusalem feels it's being forced into

As Trump extended the Israel-Lebanon truce for three more weeks, the IDF continues to strike Hezbollah targets. Netanyahu asserts Israel is maintaining 'full freedom of action against any threat, including emerging threats' to secure northern Israel's security

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that in response to rocket fire by Hezbollah on the northern border town of Shtula last night, the Israeli military struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

The UN says peacekeepers clearing unexploded ordnance came under small-arms fire by 'non-state actors,' killing a French soldier and wounding three; Israel and France blame Hezbollah, while Paris urges Beirut to arrest those responsible amid a UN investigation

Macron named the slain soldier as Chief Sergeant Florian Montorio, while UNIFIL warned that attacks on its peacekeepers may amount to war crimes. Hezbollah denied a link to the attack • The IDF said it struck militants in southern Lebanon, citing cease-fire violations

Israel has often struck alleged Hezbollah militants or officials in their homes without warning, frequently in parts of Lebanon far from the front line, when they are with their families, in apartment buildings surrounded by uninvolved neighbors

Hezbollah has representatives in Lebanon's government and receives state funding. In practice, there is no separation between the Lebanese state and the militia. The same is true for Israel, and its own Jewish terrorists

The prime minister may be using the talks to buy time for Israel's fight against Hezbollah, while gesturing goodwill to the Trump administration, sources told Haaretz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: 'This is a historic opportunity' for Lebanese and Israelis

The IDF believes Hezbollah is interested in a truce but will keep fighting until it receives instructions from Tehran. Sources within Hezbollah and its supporters told Haaretz that anything short of a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon would be viewed as a surrender

Hezbollah has entrenched its hold on central Lebanon in recent months, from where it has fired extensive rocket barrages at Israel. Negotiators hope to cripple the militia's governing power and financial assets

De Britse premier Keir Starmer en de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump zijn donderdag na een telefoongesprek overeengekomen dat er ‘een haalbaar plan’ nodig is om de scheepvaart door de Straat van Hormuz te herstellen. En het Israëlische leger heeft in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag gemeld dat Hezbollah een raket op Israël heeft afgevuurd. In delen van het land, waaronder Tel Aviv, ging daardoor het luchtalarm af. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Premierul israelian Benjamin Netanyahu a anunțat joi că a ordonat cabinetului său să înceapă „cât mai rapid” negocieri directe cu Liban, având ca obiectiv principal dezarmarea mișcării islamiste Hezbollah și stabilirea unor relații de pace între cele două părți.

Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last month, even as the Iran-aligned group paused attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops in Lebanon under a two-week US-Iran ceasefire. Consecutive explosions shook Beirut, sending smoke billowing across the capital, as Israel’s military said it had launched the largest coordinated strike of the war. More than 100 Hezbollah command centres and military sites were targeted in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon, it said. The strikes killed 182 people and wounded 890 across the country, Lebanon’s health ministry said. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has declared Thursday a national day of mourning after Israeli strikes shook the country. In Beirut, Reuters reporters saw people on motorcycles picking up wounded and transporting them to hospitals because there were not enough ambulances to get them in time. A group of firefighters worked to put out flames in a car park after one strike left more tha...