US senator demands Lebanon recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist group, questions army’s credibility as a partner.

The military said it has completed the first stage of a five-phase plan to remove weapons from all non-state armed groups.

Some 25,000 residents were evacuated from the Galilee city during the cross-border fighting with Hezbollah after Hamas’s Oct. 7, massacre.

The terrorist group remains entrenched in Southern Lebanon and has violated the ceasefire 2,000 times.

The Israeli military justifies the attacks as violations of the agreements between Israel and Lebanon.

Strategic impasse raises questions about the ceasefire’s durability and regional stability.

“It is likely that we will soon need to return and operate there to preserve the gains achieved against Hezbollah,” Smotrich told JNS.

Diplomat Simon Karam, a Maronite Christian and critic of Hezbollah, headed the Lebanese team in what Israeli officials described as a breakthrough.

Beirut is aware of the Iranian terror proxy’s efforts to strengthen but there is no enforcement, according to the IDF.