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Ceasefire Frays as Israel Strikes Dahiyeh and Southern Lebanon

The US-mediated pause is unraveling, raising the risk that the LebanonIsrael fighting will widen into a harder state-to-state confrontation.

Overview

  • Israeli forces struck Dahiyeh, a Beirut suburb, on Sunday and said they targeted Hezbollah command centers while notifying US officials before the operation.
  • The Lebanese Army reported that an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali–Nabatieh road killed two officers and a soldier, and the IDF says it is investigating after saying it struck an identified threat.
  • Earlier Israeli raids in southern Lebanon hit Tyre, killing seven people and damaging a hospital and a bank, according to the Lebanese civil defense.
  • A separate attack near Kochav Yair in central Israel on Sunday left one civilian dead and five wounded, with Israeli forces saying one attacker was killed, searches continuing for others, and Hamas praising the assault without claiming responsibility.
  • The collapse of the truce risks greater state involvement because Hezbollah has rejected conditional terms, US mediators have allowed limited Israeli operations in south Lebanon, and Iran and US regional ties are already straining after recent strikes.