Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and injured 23, the Lebanese health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyr and Nabatieh regions and the Bekaa region in the east. It updated an ea»»»

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said control of the Ali al-Taher heights strengthens Israel’s “security zone” in southern Lebanon, stressing that Israeli forces will not withdraw from what he described as a strategic Hezbollah position. “Control of the Ali al-Taher heights marks the completion»»»

Israel's defense minister on Friday hailed the capture of a strategic highland from Hezbollah as solidifying Israel's "security zone" in Lebanon and vowed that troops would not leave it. "The capture of the Ali al-Taher ridge marks the completion of the phase of securing control in the security zon»»»