Hezbollah

The IDF said a U.N. staff member was killed and two others were wounded after Hezbollah fired mortars at a UNIFIL position in southern Lebanon.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held a joint situational assessment with northern local council heads and the General Staff at Northern Command. He stressed the ongoing military effort against Hezbollah: "We have a shared goal — protecting the residents and communities of the north and restoring calm and security over time."

A Hezbollah explosive drone struck the vehicle of Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, head of the IDF’s Northern Command, during a visit to southern Lebanon. The incident ended without injuries. In response, movement and security procedures in the area were changed.

After the United States announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, Israel’s political system responded fast. Defense Minister ישראל כ"ץ praised what he called a major diplomatic achievement and even raised the possibility of a future peace deal, while National Security Minister איתמר בן גביר warned that Hezbollah would only grow stronger.

The latest U.S.-brokered framework follows weeks of ceasefire extensions and partial understandings, but its success depends on Hezbollah meeting conditions it has not accepted

The IDF issued evacuation warnings to residents in three villages in southern Lebanon and announced operations against Hezbollah targets. The terror group is rejecting what it sees as a new equation around Dahiya and is threatening to expand its fire deeper into Israel.

The government has approved a sweeping plan to rebuild and develop northern border communities, with an investment of about NIS 13 billion. The program includes protective measures, infrastructure, transportation, and incentives aimed at boosting population growth over the coming decade.

Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin was buried in Ashkelon, and Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati was laid to rest in Ra’anana. The two were killed in southern Lebanon after explosive drones struck their positions.

Netanyahu says the IDF will keep operating in southern Lebanon, but Trump’s announcement raised questions over who controls Israel’s next move against Hezbollah

The IDF's advance beyond the Litani was months in the making and reflects a broader effort to remove Hezbollah's direct-fire threat to northern communities

The IDF said it carried out a targeted strike in Beirut a short while ago. Earlier, the military confirmed it had expanded its operations in Lebanon, hitting dozens of Hezbollah targets in the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon, including launch sites, a training camp, and other terror infrastructure.

Sgt. Rotem Yanai, a welfare NCO in the Givati Brigade, was killed in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack on the Shomera outpost. Rotem, of blessed memory, is the 12th fallen soldier since the Lebanon ceasefire took effect.

A Hezbollah operative was killed in Lebanon while collecting an unmanned aerial vehicle. Overnight, for the first time, an early warning alert was activated for rocket fire from Lebanon toward the Galilee panhandle.

American officials told Al Jazeera that "Hezbollah ignored repeated requests to stop firing at Israel." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering an expansion of the strikes. The IDF confirmed it has begun attacking several areas in Lebanon.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich revealed an investment of roughly 2 billion shekels to confront the drone threat. Alongside technological solutions, he called for a shift in Israel’s deterrence policy toward Hezbollah: “We won’t be able to spread nets over all of Israel, nor cover it with automatic machine-gun systems.”

Sgt. Nehorai Leizer was killed when an explosive drone made a direct hit on a *Namer* armored personnel carrier near Bint Jbeil, and his commander was seriously wounded. His sister, Mai, mourned him through tears: "We woke up to a morning of a new life, with a piece taken from our hearts. And we will rise from this with Hashem’s help."

Rubio’s warning, Qassem’s threat to Beirut and the 11th IDF soldier killed since the truce show the ceasefire is failing on the ground

Two IDF soldiers were wounded, one moderately and one lightly, after an explosive drone detonated in southern Lebanon. Last night, authorities cleared for publication that Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, of Atlit, a maintenance and technology soldier in the 401st Brigade, was killed in an explosive drone strike on an IDF position along the Lebanon border.

Col. Meir Biderman, commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, was seriously wounded in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone strike. In the same incident, a combat officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel was moderately wounded, and a reservist soldier was lightly injured.

IDF officer Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir of Ariel, a company commander in the reserve battalion of the Maglan unit, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon. He is survived by his wife and their year-and-a-half-old son.