Israel army strikes Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon

First responders and security forces gather at the site of an earlier Israeli strike on a vehicle on the Khardali road in south Lebanon’s Marjayoun area on Sept. 20, 2025. (AFP file photo)
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Updated 28 February 2026
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Israel army strikes Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon on Saturday.

“In response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings, the IDF is striking Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli army posted on Telegram, using its official acronym.

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire in November 2024 after a year of war, but Israel has continued regular strikes, saying it is enforcing ceasefire provisions against the group rearming.

Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have protested the strikes as ceasefire violations.

They take place after Iran and the United States, an ally of Israel, held talks in Geneva this week with President Donald Trump pushing for Teran to agree to concessions on its nuclear program.

Trump has ordered the biggest military build-up in decades in the Middle East, with the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, approaching the coast of Israel.


Israeli forces set up checkpoint, arrest residents inside southern Syria

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Israeli forces set up checkpoint, arrest residents inside southern Syria

  • An Israeli force comprising 7 military vehicles entered Wadi Al-Raqad and established a checkpoint on the Al-Raqad bridge
  • The Syrian government has repeatedly condemned Israeli incursions into its territory, including raids, arrests, and land razing in the south

LONDON: Israeli forces conducted an incursion into the Wadi Al-Raqad area in the Daraa countryside and arrested six residents from villages in Quneitra, southern Syrian Arab Republic.

On Wednesday, an Israeli force comprising seven military vehicles entered Wadi Al-Raqad and set up a checkpoint on the Al-Raqad bridge. Additionally, six other vehicles were stationed at the Tell Abu Al-Ghithar gate, as reported by the Syrian Arab News Agency.

Israeli forces arrested six individuals from the villages of Ain Al-Abd, Kodna, and Al-Asbah in the southern Quneitra countryside, and conducted another incursion into the village of Saida Al-Golan in the area.

The Syrian government has repeatedly condemned Israeli incursions into its territory, including raids, arrests, and land razing in the south, saying that they violate the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.

Syria stresses that the presence of Israeli forces on its territory is “illegitimate” and that all Israeli measures in the region are “null and void and have no legal effect” under international law, the SANA added.