Iran’s supreme leader says there will be no deal with Washington unless Tehran’s proxy in Lebanon is protected from Israel.
Hezbollah
The US president pledged to support Lebanon’s efforts to restore stability and expressed hope that the country will eventually join the Abraham Accords.
In its own version of the Palestinian “pay-for-slay” scheme, the terror group has leveraged state institutions to channel public funds.
The military chief said Israeli forces would act swiftly if the ceasefire is violated, and urged the Lebanese Army to disarm the Iranian proxy.
The designations include Hezbollah-linked institutions that “threaten regional stability, international security, mutual interests and global trade,” the US Treasury Department stated.
The Israeli defense minister warned that Iran could strike the Jewish state in defense of its Lebanese proxy.
Israel’s destruction of an Iranian-built tunnel complex in Southern Lebanon signals a new phase: not containment of Hezbollah, but the attempted dismantling of its border threat under a US-brokered framework deal.
Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein and Master Sgt. Nir Ben Ari were named among recent Israeli fatalities, as several additional troops were wounded in separate combat incidents.
Battalion Commander LTC Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon and Three Additional Soldiers Killed in Combat Operation.
A 29-year-old Israeli reservist from Haifa was killed during an Israel Defense Forces operation in southern Lebanon.
