Lebanon
“In this war, the IDF will be strong and win,” stated IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, while vowing to “maintain readiness in all arenas.”
An investigation revealed it was not a hostile aircraft.
The Israeli military subsequently carried out a drone strike against Hezbollah “infrastructure.”
Israeli and Lebanese forces deployed smoke grenades after a Lebanese engineering vehicle crossed the Blue Line into the Mount Dov area.
The Palestinian Authority is concerned that the extremist Islamic elements’ potential takeover of Ain al-Hilweh, the largest refugee camp in Lebanon, could set a dangerous precedent.
“The land is Lebanese, the control is Iranian, and the target is Israel,” said Israel’s defense minister.
‘Hezbollah’s provocations and Hamas’s ability to operate on multiple fronts could trigger war even unintentionally.’
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was renewed. For another year. Again.
It came down to the wire for the U.N. peacekeeping force on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
The draft resolution sought to curtail the peacekeeping force’s freedom to carry out patrols without prior coordination with the Lebanese army.
The Iranian terror proxy is trying to block expansion of the peacekeepers’ mandate in Lebanon.
US energy envoy Amos Hochstein is headed to Lebanon to try to de-escalate tensions at the Israeli border.
