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Israel’s armed forces “will continue to act to remove any threat to the State of Israel,” the IDF said in a statement.
As a goodwill gesture, Israel transferred to its northern neighbor three Lebanese detainees.
Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held captive in Iraq since March 2023 by the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia Kata’ib Hezbollah.
He rejected a Hezbollah-style model for Gaza in an interview with ABC News.
“In coordination with the U.S. and as a gesture to the new president of Lebanon, Israel has agreed to release five Lebanese detainees,” the PMO said.
The individual was evacuated to a hospital in Israel according to the Israel Defense Forces. The Israeli military did not confirm the LAF’s claim that the man was a Lebanese soldier.
The terror group will “not allow” Israel to remain in the country’s south, said Naim Qassem, and Hezbollah has “no ties” to any agreement between the United States and Israel.
Sixty-four percent of the 16,000 pupils evacuated are now back in their original schools.
The targets included rocket launchers and weapons storage facilities that posed a threat to Israel.
Iraq’s national security adviser said authorities are also seeking to identify the group that kidnapped the Israeli-Russian researcher.
“The suspects’ activities constitute a violation of the [ceasefire] understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military said.
Hezbollah’s Khader Hashem plotted attacks against the Jewish state “even during the ceasefire,” the IDF said.
