The tension between Israel and the Iran-backed group, Hezbollah, appeared to diminish by Sunday. This followed the Israeli government’s decision to limit military activities in Lebanon to defensive actions only, announced late on Saturday.
By late afternoon, there were no reports of new Israeli attacks on Lebanon, nor Hezbollah strikes on Israeli targets. Although, it remains uncertain if the new directive will address the friction, which led to deadly clashes on Friday and Saturday, posing a threat to a preliminary U.S.-Iran peace deal.
President Trump expressed his frustrations via social media on Sunday regarding Iran’s involvement in Lebanon. He urged Iran to stop its proxies from instigating problems, warning that failure to comply would lead to further U.S. strikes against Iran.
Cease-fires in Lebanon have been repeatedly declared, broken, and reinstated in recent weeks amid ongoing disagreements over the definition of defensive military actions by Israel. Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, emphasized that there are no restrictions on IDF soldiers in Lebanon to act against threats.
The clashes focused on the area around Tebnit and the nearby ridgeline of Ali al-Taher, which overlooks the major southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh.
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