June 18, 2026

Hezbollah Watch

Lebanon’s PM slams Israel’s ‘war crimes’ as attack kills 3 rescue workers | Israel attacks Lebanon News– www.aljazeera.com

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun also says Israel is violating international law that protects civilians and humanitarian workers.

Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of perpetrating a “heinous crime” in the targeting and killing of civil defence emergency workers, three of whom were among five people killed in a double Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

Two successive ⁠Israeli strikes on a building in the town of Majdal Zoun on Tuesday killed five people, including three rescue workers who went to help those injured in ⁠the initial Israeli attack on the targeted building, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said.

Israeli strikes hit east Lebanon, expanding conflict area despite ceasefire– www.cbc.ca

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The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

The strikes on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley marked the first time the area has been hit since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into force on April 16, which significantly reduced the pace of attacks without entirely stopping the exchanges of fire.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon, and its troops are occupying a strip of the country’s south, destroying homes they claim as infrastructure being used by Hezbollah. The Iran-backed group, meanwhile, has kept up its drone and rocket attacks against Israeli troops in Lebanon and on northern Israel.

Iran Ceasefire Totters as Lebanon Ceasefire Extends

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President Donald Trump announced there was no hurry to finalize a peace deal with the Iranian regime. He has extended the ceasefire indefinitely. For more news on Iran, read our Deep Dive Report on pg. 2.

The President also announced the Lebanon ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has been extended for three more weeks.

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks but claims he won’t rush Iran deal | US-Israel war on Iran– www.theguardian.com
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Here’s a snapshot of the latest Middle East news to bring you up to speed.

  • Donald Trump has announced that a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended by three weeks. Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office alongside the participants in the meeting, said he hoped the two countries’ leaders would meet during the additional three-week cessation of hostilities.

  • When he was asked how long he was willing to wait for a long-term peace deal with Iran, he replied: “Don’t rush me”.

  • The US president had earlier ordered the US navy to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the strait of Hormuz and claimed that US minesweepers “are clearing the strait right now” amid the standoff over the key waterway. US special forces earlier boarded a stateless oil tanker in the Indian Ocean which the Pentagon claimed was carrying Iranian crude oil, ratcheting up the standoff with Tehran over the strait.

  • Trump said the US had “hit about 75% of our targets” in Iran and that a deal had not yet been reached because Iran’s leadership was “in turmoil”.

  • Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said there were no “hardliners” or “moderates” in Iran, responding to the Trump claim of internal division in Iran’s leadership. Separately, Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, said Iranian state institutions “continue to act with unity, purpose and discipline”.

French military killed in attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon — Macron – World– tass.com

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A French soldier serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping contingent was killed in a strike in southern Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

“Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment from Montauban was killed this morning in southern Lebanon during an attack on the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission,” he wrote on the X social network, expressing condolences to relatives of the deceased.

Three more soldiers were wounded and evacuated, Macron added. “Everything indicates that responsibility for the attack lies with [the Shiite organization] Hezbollah,” he said, therefore demanding that the Arab Republic’s authorities “arrest those responsible” and “assume responsibility” for maintaining order, along with UNIFIL.

As Iran War Winds Down, Lebanon Heats Up

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Israel is accelerating its war in Lebanon even as talks continue between the two countries. Israel wants a disarmed Hezbollah while Lebanon may not have the capacity to do the job.

IDF Launches Massive Coordinated Strike Across Lebanon– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Israel dramatically escalated its campaign in Lebanon this week, carrying out one of the largest coordinated strikes of the ongoing regional conflict, as the fragile ceasefire continues to teeter on the edge of collapse.

According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces, more than 180 Hezbollah operatives were killed in a rapid, large-scale operation targeting multiple targets across Lebanon. The strikes were executed “within a minute,” hitting roughly 100 targets simultaneously in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley, and southern Lebanon.

The IDF said the operation relied on “precise and high-quality intelligence” and focused on key Hezbollah infrastructure, including command centers, military compounds, and facilities used by senior operatives. Israeli officials described the targets as central to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities in the region.

Israel, Lebanon Agree To Direct Negotiations After “Productive” Talks: US– www.ndtv.com

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Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct negotiations after “productive discussions” between the two sides in Washington, the United States said on Tuesday.

“The participants held productive discussions on steps toward launching direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement.

“All sides agreed to launch direct negotiations at a mutually agreed time and venue,” he said.

The announcement came after Israeli and Lebanese envoys held more than two hours of talks mediated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“The United States congratulated the two countries on this historic milestone and expressed its support for further talks, and for the government of Lebanon’s plans to restore the monopoly of force and to end Iran’s overbearing influence,” Pigott said.

And it “affirmed that any agreement to cease hostilities must be reached between the two governments, brokered by the United States, and not through any separate track,” he added.

Anger in Lebanon as Israel launches deadly strikes despite diplomatic drive | Israel attacks Lebanon News– www.aljazeera.com

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Israel has launched more deadly strikes on towns across southern Lebanon, pressing on with its invasion despite a diplomatic push in Washington for direct talks between the two countries.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that Wednesday’s attacks killed at least 13 people, just one day after a sit-down between Lebanese and Israeli envoys to the United States.

Hezbollah official says group will not abide by any agreements from Lebanon-Israel talks– www.euronews.com

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Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem urged Lebanon on Monday to cancel a planned meeting with Israel in Washington the following day, reiterating his group’s rejection of direct negotiations with Israel.

“We reject negotiations with the usurping Israeli entity…We call for a historic and heroic stance by cancelling this negotiating meeting,” Qassem, whose Iran-backed group has been at war with Israel since 2 March, said in a televised address.

The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday to discuss holding direct negotiations between the two countries.

Lebanese authorities have stressed that Beirut first wants to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war, but Israel has dismissed that prospect, saying it prefers instead to focus on formal peace talks with Lebanon itself, with which it has technically been at war for decades.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that “we want the dismantling of Hezbollah’s weapons and we want a real peace agreement that will last for generations.”

Video. Israel strike destroys key bridge in southern Lebanon– www.euronews.com

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An Israeli airstrike on a bridge in Lebanon has left large parts of the southern region disconnected from rest of country.

The Qasmiyeh bridge In Tyre was largely destroyed after Israel struck it on Sunday.

On Monday, an Israeli airstrike destroyed another bridge on the Litani river in the south.

Monday’s strike on the bridge in the southern village of Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr cut a main link between the southern city of Nabatiyeh and al-Hujair valley region further south.

Israel Responds With Massive Overnight Strikes as Hezbollah Escalates Drone, Missile Attacks– legalinsurrection.com

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Israel launched waves of overnight airstrikes on Hezbollah targets after the Iranian-backed terrorist group fired hundreds of drones and rockets at towns and cities in northern Israel, declaring war on the “enemies of Islam.”

On Wednesday evening, the Lebanon-based Shia-jihadist group announced the launch of Operation “Eaten Straw,” invoking Quranic verses referring to the supposed destruction of a Christian-Ethiopian army at the hands of Arabs in the sixth century.

Israel’s Iron Dome Swarmed By Hundreds of Hezb’Allah Missiles, Trump Gives Israel Green Light to Do What’s Necessary to Defeat Hezbollah– gellerreport.com

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Americans have the ability to watch from afar. Israelis are “under it”—defending themselves from an onslaught. Ward Clark of RedState: The Israel Defense Forces has announced what it is describing as a “large-scale wave” of missile strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut, after the terror group’s “deliberate decision” to act as a proxy for Iran: The IDF has begun a large-scale wave of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahieh area, Beirut. Interception efforts against Hezbollah projectiles are ongoing. The IDF is operating with determination against the Hezbollah terrorist organization following its deliberate decision to attack Israel on behalf of the Iranian regime.”

Israel Launches Invasion of Lebanon to Defend Citizens From Hezbollah– www.breitbart.com

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The Israeli government says it has authorised its forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control of additional areas” to prevent Hezbollah using them to fire into Israeli border settlements as part of Operation Roaring Lion, Jerusalem’s counterpart of the American Operation Epic Fury.

Israel is reacting to the decision “of the Hezbollah terror organization to join the campaign of the Iranian terror regime” and is moving forward to occupy land used to launch attacks against Israeli border communities, they said on Tuesday morning. Air raid sirens sounded in the north of Israel again on Tuesday morning as Hezbollah rocket attacks, launched from inside Lebanon, struck the Galilee area, The Times of Israel reported.

IDF Captures Top Jihadist in Lebanon Raid, Eliminates Hezbollah Artillery Commander– legalinsurrection.com

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The Israeli military captured a senior Islamic terrorist in an overnight raid in southern Lebanon. Arab media reports identified the nabbed terrorist as Atwi Atwi, a top operative of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya terror organization.

“The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that troops arrested a senior terrorist from the Sunni Jamaa Islamiya organization during an overnight raid in southern Lebanon,” Israel’s Ynetnews reported Monday.

Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya is a Muslim Brotherhood-linked jihadist group that wages war on Israel alongside the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror militia. The terrorist group has a significant support base in Lebanon. According to Alma, “Al-Jamaah al-Islamiyah represents a sizable portion of Lebanese Sunnis and is the second-largest Sunni movement.”

Israel launches new strikes in southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation order– www.france24.com

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The Israeli army struck an area of southern Lebanon on Sunday after issuing an evacuation warning, Lebanese state media said, with the military saying it attacked Hezbollah infrastructure.

The strikes came days after the Lebanese military said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River, the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel has called those efforts insufficient.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that “enemy warplanes launched more than 10 raids on the threatened location” in the town of Kafr Hatta, which lies north of the Litani, noting “significant damage” to buildings there.

The Israeli military said it was “striking Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas” shortly after issuing an evacuation warning for Kafr Hatta.

Israel army says struck Hezbollah targets in ‘several areas’ of Lebanon– www.channelnewsasia.com

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“ENCOURAGING ANNOUNCEMENTS”

Lebanon’s army said Thursday it had “achieved the objectives of the first phase” of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, covering the area south of the Litani River – around 30km from the Israeli border – with the intention to extend it to the rest of the country.

Israel said the efforts were encouraging but not enough.

“The ceasefire agreement … states clearly, Hezbollah must be fully disarmed,” the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

“Efforts made toward this end by the Lebanese government and the Lebanese armed forces are an encouraging beginning, but they are far from sufficient,” it added.

Hezbollah’s Chief of Staff Killed in Militar Strike by Israel

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The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) publicly declared they have successfully eliminated the Chief of State of the Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah. They claimed, “Israel has eliminated today in Beirut the Chief of Staff of Hezbollah, who had worked to rebuild and expand Hezbollah’s military and terrorist capabilities.”

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Israel Eliminates Hezbollah Chief of Staff – PJ Media

Israel has confirmed a successful strike on the murderous jihadi who was Hezbollah’s chief of staff and reportedly wanted by the United States for his bloody activities.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a statement on X confirming Tatbai’s elimination and explaining why it was necessary to take him out. And with Hamas saying they’re champing at the bit to start fighting again, hopefully this strike will help serve as temporary deterrent to the countless Muslim jihadis eternally obsessed with destroying Israel.

The MFA began its statement, “Israel has eliminated today in Beirut the Chief of Staff of Hezbollah, who had worked to rebuild and expand Hezbollah’s military and terrorist capabilities.”

<b>US envoy to discuss ceasefire with Israel after Lebanon commits to disarming Hezbollah</b>- <i> www.euronews.com</i>

US envoy to discuss ceasefire with Israel after Lebanon commits to disarming Hezbollah– www.euronews.com

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The US special envoy to Lebanon said on Monday that his team would hold talks with Israel on a long-term ceasefire after Beirut endorsed a Washington-backed plan for Hezbollah to disarm.

Following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Tom Barrack also said Washington would seek an economic proposal for post-war reconstruction in the country.

“I think the Lebanese government has done their part. They’ve taken the first step,” said Barrack. “Now what we need is for Israel to comply with that equal handshake.”

Hezbollah Drone Factory Struck by Israeli Forces

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Israel strikes Beirut, targeting Hezbollah drone factories– www.channelnewsasia.com
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“Following Hezbollah’s extensive use of UAVs as a central component of its terrorist attacks on the state of Israel, the terrorist organisation is operating to increase production of UAVs for the next war,” the military statement said, calling the activities “a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon”.

Under the truce, Hezbollah fighters were to withdraw north of the Litani river, about 30km from the border, and dismantle their military posts to the south.

Israel was to pull all its troops from Lebanon, but it has kept them in five positions it deems “strategic” along the frontier.

The Lebanese army has been deploying in the south and removing Hezbollah infrastructure there, with prime minister Salam saying Thursday that it had dismantled “more than 500 military positions and arms depots” in the area.

Israel Will Ignore Calls for Lebanon Ceasefire

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Even before President Trump won the 2024 election, Israel was signaling it was not in the mood to entertain calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon. Now, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, who replaced former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after Prime Minister Netanyahu fired him for the second time, is doubling down.

He is claiming Hezbollah has been defeated, but more work needs to be done in Lebanon to secure the victory, meaning no ceasefire proposal will be considered until the work is done. Katz said of the decision not to pursue a ceasefire that Israel had learned its lessons and “Now it is our job to continue to put pressure on order to bring about the fruits of that victory.”

Israel Defence Minister Katz: In Lebanon there will be no ceasefire, will continue to hit Hezbollah with full force – Reuters
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Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, said on X on Tuesday that during a meeting with military officials, he reiterated that Israel will continue hitting Hezbollah with full force and that there will be no ceasefire.