The security cabinet will meet tonight, an official in The Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel.
The body is the main decision-making forum for the war after National Unity leader Benny Gantz left the coalition earlier this month, bringing to an end the small war cabinet that was created when Gantz’s party joined after October 7.
The security cabinet will convene as fears abound of a full-blown war against Hezbollah, and as the Rafah operation in Gaza looks to be nearing its end with no ceasefire deal in sight.
France expresses extreme concern over situation in Lebanon, calls for restraint
France is extremely concerned by the gravity of the situation in Lebanon, the French Foreign Ministry says, adding that it called on parties to exercise restraint.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had earlier warned during a visit to Washington that Israel’s military was capable of taking Lebanon “back to the Stone Age” in any war with Hezbollah terrorists but insisted his government preferred a diplomatic solution on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Drone alert sirens sounding in northern communities near border with Lebanon
Drone alert sirens are sounding in a number of northern communities near the border with Lebanon.
The alerts are for largely evacuated towns and cities including Rosh Hanikra, Lehman, Betzet, Metzuba and Shlomi.
Red Alert [15:10:16] - 7 Alerts: • Confrontation Line — Lehman, Betzet, Metzuba, Achziv Miluot Industrial Zone, Rosh HaNikra, Shlomi
Report: IDF strikes in southern Lebanon have created 5-kilometer ‘dead zone’ along border
Israel Defense Forces strikes in southern Lebanon, responding to near-daily attacks by the Hezbollah terror group, have created a “dead zone” of around 5 kilometers (3 miles) along the border with Israel, the Financial Times reports, citing data gleaned from aerial photographs.
“Near-daily aerial bombardment, artillery shelling and the incendiary chemical white phosphorus have made much of the 5km north of the Blue Line uninhabitable,” the report claims.
The Financial Times analyzes data from commercial satellites with research from the CUNY Graduate Center and Oregon State University to detect changes to buildings.
According to the report, only “handfuls” of Lebanese civilians remain in the area, with most buildings empty and many destroyed.
The report quotes Mohammad Srour, the mayor of Aita al-Chaab, as saying that the strikes amount to “systematic destruction.”
Under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006 to bring an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, UN peacekeepers were deployed to monitor a ceasefire along the 120-kilometer (75-mile) demarcation line, or Blue Line, between Israel and Lebanon.
It also calls for Hezbollah to withdraw its forces behind the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of the border with Israel– a demand the terror group has ignored.
The report quotes an unnamed Hezbollah terrorist as saying, “Asking us to withdraw from the south is like asking a fish not to swim in the sea.”
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