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Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati, 20, of Rosh Haayin, was killed when an explosive-laden drone struck troops in southern Lebanon, the military said. His death brings the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the current round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah to 26

Senior IDF officers told Haaretz that the government is not sharing the full picture of U.S.-Iran negotiations that could affect the course of the war in Lebanon. Sources added that Hezbollah may extend the range of its rocket and drone attacks as forces push deeper into Lebanon

Israeli forces seized the Crusader-era stronghold after days of clashes with Hezbollah and are now within 5km of the city of Nabatiyeh. Senior officers warned a sudden political halt could leave forces exposed deep inside Lebanon

Sirens sounded in northern Israel's Safed for the first time since the Israeli-Lebanon cease-fire was declared in April; the IDF identified 10-15 launches from Lebanon overnight, one of which hit northern Israel's Kiryat Shmona

According to UNICEF, 55 children have been killed in Lebanon and 212 wounded since the United States declared a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel in April. UNICEF spokesman: 'Children and civilian infrastructure must be protected'

Despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, Israel has expanded evacuation warnings and carried out hundreds of strikes across southern Lebanon, leaving large areas effectively off-limits to civilians

Trump is the only person with both the power and the interest to order Netanyahu to halt the fighting in Lebanon. But since neither he nor Netanyahu has shown much skill or dedication in pursuing the difficult initiatives needed for real solutions, it is unlikely the U.S. president can win or end the war

From Tuesday morning, communities on the conflict zone between Israel and Lebanon will face restrictions on public gatherings; Israeli officials said expanded strikes on Hezbollah targets are awaiting cabinet approval, as Netanyahu vowed to 'increase the intensity' of attacks following drone fire from Lebanon

The Israeli source said Trump reiterated in a call with Netanyahu that Israel would retain operational freedom in Lebanon and other arenas and insisted any 'final agreement' include the removal of all enriched uranium from Iran

Ultra-Orthodox religious norms barring close contact with women led commanders to keep female soldiers from the unit operating the system out of a southern Lebanon post, sources say, leaving the key combat support tool unused there

At least four explosive drones from Lebanon struck northern Israel, including Rosh Hanikra where no sirens were activated before impact. Israel struck Hezbollah sites in Lebanon's Bekaa and Tyre, while Lebanese reports airstrikes caused civilian and medic casualties in the south

According to analysts, the UNIFIL withdrawal will have significant implications for southern Lebanon.

Israeli fire has killed 3,042 people since March, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, wounding 9,301 others. The IDF also ordered the evacuation of 12 villages in Lebanon across several districts, including the Bekaa Valley

IDF targeted an Islamic Jihad commander who was with his 17-year-old daughter in the northeastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. Hezbollah over the weekend rejected direct talks with Israel, saying the resistance will not stop 'so long as there is an occupation' in south Lebanon

The IDF said four soldiers were wounded in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah said it carried out attacks on Israeli positions, while Lebanon reported 19 people had been killed in Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours

Lebanon, which seeks an agreement ending the decades-long state of war with Israel, will struggle to make progress in talks without Jerusalem's commitment to withdraw from the south of the country

Israeli strikes hit wide swathes of southern Lebanon, alongside a noticeable presence of Israeli ground troops in several areas, local media reported. The IDF said it killed Hezbollah militants preparing to fire rockets at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon

• Strikes on Harouf medical centre kill six, including paramedics; at least five villages targeted • Evacuation warnings trigger another wave of displacement; civilians dismiss ceasefire as ‘meaningless’ BEIRUT: Israel launched a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, striking at least five villages and prompting a new exodus of residents, despite a 45-day extension of a fragile truce agreed to only a day earlier. The ongoing Israeli bombardment and expanded evacuation warnings have fuelled deep scepticism about the ceasefire among the thousands of Lebanese already driven from their homes. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah positions, but Saturday’s strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning that covered nine villages. The attacks have expanded in scope in recent weeks, reaching areas north of the Litani River and farther from the border. Since the truce began, the Israeli military has repeatedly issued such warnings ahead of strikes, compounding the humanitarian crisis in the south....

Lebanon's delegation to the U.S. said a military coordination framework with Israel will start at the end of May in the Pentagon, 'improving' on the one established in the November 2024 cease-fire, which will at least somewhat limit Israel's strikes in Lebanon

Lebanon truce extended by 45 days