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Lebanon. Photograph: EPA In a statement on Tuesday, Netanyahu said the Israeli military **“is operating
Netanyahu raised the prospect of fresh Israeli military action in Lebanon, saying rockets and drones possessed by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, remained a threat. “There are still two central threats from Hezbollah
Lebanon, as prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu) said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in an effort to “crush” Hezbollah in a further erosion of an already fragmented ceasefire
military operations in Lebanon and its invasion of the country’s south intensify. More than 2,000 people have been killed and more than one million displaced across Lebanon so far. Israel’s minister
Operation Northern Arrows”. The stated goal is to neutralise the threat of antitank missiles and push back Hezbollah’s Radwan Force. Currently, five military divisions are deployed deep in the area, tasked with dismantling Hezbollah
statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had personally approved the strike which targeted a commander of the group's elite Radwan Force. Local media reports say members of the unit were meeting when
statement detailing what it described as its military operations against Israel throughout Thursday. The group said it launched its last attack at 11:50pm local time (20:50 GMT), just 10 minutes before the ceasefire
statement any ceasefire must apply across Lebanese territory and warned that any continued Israeli presence would leave Lebanon with the right to resist depending on how events unfold. Hezbollah has both a political wing, with
military operations despite the ceasefire. They lie outside of what Israel has declared a “buffer zone”, an area stretching roughly 10km (6 miles) north of the border inside southern Lebanon where Israeli forces remain. Hezbollah
statement issued by his office. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun also entered the rhetorical fray, saying that the direct talks with Israel were aimed at ending the conflict with Hezbollah while accusing those who drew Lebanon
Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting on Sunday, adding “we act vigorously according to the rules we agreed upon with the United States, and also, by the way, with [Lebanon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/lebanon).” Hezbollah said
Netanyahu to avoid “advancing second-phase obligations” and instead trying to prolong the first phase of the “ceasefire” as long as possible. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Jazeera that Israel must “fulfil the terms
Operation Epic Fury [the US-Israeli war on Iran] except putting the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] in charge of Iran and the strait of Hormuz”. Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project
military operations”. The statement suggested that Israel can also exercise this right “at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks”. “This shall not be impeded by the cessation of hostilities,” it added. Trump said
operations against Lebanese targets, including civilian, military, and other state targets, in the territory of Lebanon by land, air, and sea." Both countries requested that the U.S. facilitate further negotiations, according to the ceasefire agreement
statement on Saturday, Lebanon Ministry of Public Health’s emergency operations centre said two Israeli raids on a truck and a motorcycle in the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif killed four people, the Lebanese National
operations on Tuesday, issuing a series of new forced displacement orders and threats of further attacks. In statements on X, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee told residents to flee from
military said. - Iran executed a man convicted of being a member of the armed group Jaish al-Adl and carrying out attacks on Iranian security forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. ## War diplomacy
statement, the militant group said any ceasefire must apply across Lebanese territory and warned that any continued Israeli presence would leave Lebanon with the right to resist depending on how events unfold. Hezbollah has both
Netanyahu "may join him." A spokesperson for the Lebanese president, however, told NPR they didn't have any information about the alleged talks. ![An Israeli drone flies over the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon