Overview

• Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported five dead and five wounded after air raids on the Bekaa and Hermel districts, with state media citing at least eight strikes.
• A Hezbollah official said four of the dead were group members, while Israel’s military said it hit Hezbollah positions and a Radwan Forces training area.
• The attacks mark a rare extension of Israeli strikes into northeastern Lebanon since the U.S.-brokered November 2024 ceasefire, which has seen near-daily strikes in the south.
• Lebanon’s cabinet backed a military plan to begin disarming Hezbollah, prompting a walkout by five Shia ministers, and the group says it will not disarm before an Israeli pullback.
• Beirut has urged U.S. pressure for Israeli withdrawal from five occupied hilltop outposts, and the UN extended UNIFIL’s mandate through 2026.