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U.S.-Mediated Ceasefire Strains as Israel Hits Hezbollah After Rocket and Drone Launches

The uneasy pause now hinges on U.S.-led talks that aim to turn it into a durable halt to fighting.

Overview

  • IDF, which reported Saturday that two rockets and a drone were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel, said it intercepted the drone and one rocket and that the second rocket landed in an open area with no injuries.
  • Israeli forces said they struck targets in southern Lebanon, hitting buildings tied to Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and killing several fighters, including three in a pickup in the town of Yohmor.
  • Hezbollah used small explosive-laden first-person-view drones against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, and the IDF said the devices detonated near forces without causing casualties.
  • Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes in the south killed four people, while displaced residents described a pause that has not eased fear or allowed safe returns.
  • The ceasefire, extended for three weeks on Thursday by President Trump, permits Israeli action against planned or ongoing attacks, and both analysts and a Hezbollah-aligned lawmaker cast the arrangement as fragile.