Jerusalem has repeatedly registered complaints with international observers over the Lebanese army’s failure to meet deadlines for its south Lebanon deployment.
In a sweeping crackdown on Hezbollah, the Israel Defense Forces’ 91st Division has seized over 10,000 weapons from the Iranian-backed group in southern Lebanon in recent months.
Over two months, Israeli forces dismantled 70% of Hezbollah’s UAV stock, disrupted weapons transfer routes, and obliterated their largest missile production site, crippling the group’s strategic capabilities.
The IDF has struck over 12,500 terror targets in Lebanon, and more than 150,000 assets—including weapons, rocket launchers, and communication devices—have been seized from Hezbollah strongholds.
'If until now we have distinguished between the state of Lebanon and Hezbollah, and between Beirut as a whole and Dahiyeh, which we have struck very hard, this will no longer be,' says Israeli defense minister.
Some 80% of Hezbollah’s stockpile of 150,000 to 200,000 rockets and 70% of its drone arsenal were destroyed during the war, according to the Channel 12/INSS assessment.
Israel Defense Forces troops are expected to gradually withdraw from Southern Lebanon over a 60-day 'transition period,' while the country’s official Lebanese Armed Forces is deployed to the border region.
Despite the picturesque winter scene, the mountain's ski resort remains off-limits, designated as a closed military zone amid the 14-month conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Hezbollah would reportedly restrict the movement of UN forces, while 'nothing ever happened' after the forces would tell their superiors of Hezbollah violations of Resolution 1701.
Basic truths that elude the UN’s self-proclaimed 'experts' fully justify Israel’s air and ground military operations in Lebanon conducted in self-defense.
IDF spokesman shows how Hezbollah has been storing weapons in Lebanese homes in preparation for a massacre of Israelis larger in scope than what happened on October 7.
'Your refusal to evacuate the UNIFIL soldiers makes them hostages of Hezbollah. This endangers both them and the lives of our soldiers,' Israeli PM tells UN chief.