Overview
- An Israeli military spokesman said Hezbollah is rebuilding combat capabilities south of the Litani in breach of the 2024 ceasefire and is trying to smuggle weapons from Syria, adding that Israel is working to block those routes.
- Israel continues regular strikes on what it calls Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon and still holds five positions it was meant to vacate under the truce.
- Hezbollah denies it is rearming in the south and says it is observing the ceasefire, as Naim Qassem vowed the group will not give up its weapons and warned that Israeli strikes “have limits.”
- Lebanese officials say the army will draft a plan to disarm Hezbollah by end-2025 but will not conduct house-to-house searches, citing fears of civil unrest despite Israeli pressure to do so.
- Lebanese security sources reported a Hezbollah commander was killed this week in an Israeli strike on the Sarafand-Baysarieh Highway, identifying him as Samir Ali Faqih, while local accounts say strikes have also hit reconstruction equipment and hampered returns.