Overview
- Israel’s military said a Saturday strike in southern Lebanon killed four members of Hezbollah’s Radwan unit, including a reportedly high‑ranking operative.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Hezbollah is “playing with fire” and urged Lebanon to disarm the group and remove it from the south, saying enforcement will intensify.
- Following a rare Israeli ground raid in Blida that killed municipal worker Ibrahim Salameh, President Joseph Aoun directed the Lebanese army to confront future incursions and plans to raise southern deployments to 10,000 troops with UNIFIL coordination.
- Beirut says it is ready to negotiate an end to what it calls Israeli occupation only on a mutual basis, a stance conveyed to visiting German foreign minister Johann Wadephul.
- Lebanon’s state news agency reported at least two deaths in recent Israeli strikes, the IDF said it shot a man accused of rebuilding Hezbollah infrastructure, and separate reports noted Israeli raids with arrests in southern Syria.