Hezbollah
Hezbollah planned to use the infrastructure to invade communities in the Galilee, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Soldiers also demolished structures that had been used by the terrorists.
The army is prepared to expand its operations in the country if necessary, said the chief of staff.
The IDF described the attack, in which no Israeli soldiers were injured, as “a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.”
The Israeli president cited the 12 children killed by Hezbollah and unveiled the “Dorna” leadership initiative as an IDF spokesperson video commemorated the victims.
A State Department official said that there was “significant momentum,” citing a successful pilot-zone launch in Lebanon and the Lebanese president’s meeting with Trump.
The Israeli premier linked Mamdani’s anti-Israel rhetoric to the stabbing of a Jewish person days later, and warned that an Iranian attack on Israel would trigger a “very forceful” response.
Any deal with the U.S. must include an “absolute, unconditional” end to the fighting in Lebanon, he reiterated.
“Any discussion of Sebastia must recognize, explicitly, the ancient Jewish presence and connection to this land,” Israeli U.N. diplomat Nina Ben-Ami said. “Yet the Palestinian submission deliberately ignores this historic fact.”
It would be the seventh round of direct dialogue between the two countries, following meetings held in the Italian capital last week.
The U.S. president pledged to support Lebanon’s efforts to restore stability and expressed hope that the country will eventually join the Abraham Accords.
Aoun’s historic D.C. visit comes amid U.S.-brokered talks to disarm Hezbollah and pilot the replacement of Israeli forces in Lebanon with Lebanese troops.
