Overview
- UNIFIL reported two machine‑gun fire incidents at peacekeeping patrols near Bastarra and Kfar Shouba from Israel Defense Forces positions south of the Blue Line and urged a halt to such actions.
- Lebanon’s NNA, cited by RIA, reported Israeli airstrikes in the Kfarmalka‑Bsalia valley in the south and in the Hermel mountains in the east, while Al Jadeed said jets hit targets in six southern areas and the IDF claimed Hezbollah sites were struck.
- NNA said Thursday drone strikes in eastern and southern Lebanon left three people dead and one wounded.
- Local reports noted one fatality on Wednesday in the south and three deaths on Tuesday, including a Lebanese army soldier.
- The U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began on November 27, 2024 has seen Israel maintain five border positions and an incomplete Hezbollah pullback, with a new round of indirect talks scheduled for January 7, 2026 according to the Lebanese presidency.