Israel Pounds Hezbollah in Lebanon | WATCH
Israel significantly widens its Lebanon war zone with broad evacuation orders and intensified airstrikes near Tyre, as the US-brokered ceasefire completely unravels.
Israel has significantly escalated its military campaign in southern Lebanon, issuing one of its broadest evacuation orders of the conflict and conducting sustained airstrikes, as a US-brokered ceasefire continues to unravel.
On Wednesday, the IDF declared all areas south of the Zahrani River a combat zone, pushing the designated danger area some 40 kilometers north of the Israeli border, well beyond the previous Litani River line. The order affects hundreds of towns and villages, including areas around Tyre and Nabatieh, and came as Israeli strikes continued around the clock in southern and eastern Lebanon.
Lebanese sources reported over 120 strikes in a single heavy day earlier this week, with dozens killed including civilians. Strikes in and around Tyre destroyed multiple structures the IDF described as Hezbollah infrastructure. Ground operations have also expanded, with IDF forces reported to have pushed beyond previous lines, with clashes recorded in areas including Zawtar Sharqieh.
Hezbollah has continued firing drones and missiles toward northern Israel. A female Israeli soldier was killed and two reserve soldiers wounded in a drone strike near Shomera on Wednesday, in an attack the IDF said violated the ceasefire terms. This is in addition to 11 other soldiers Hezbollah has murdered in drone attcaks and some 200 injured, many seriously.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly ordered intensified strikes to crush Hezbollah's capabilities. Israel maintains that Hezbollah has failed to withdraw or disarm as required under the ceasefire agreement brokered by Washington in mid-April. Hezbollah and Lebanese officials counter that Israeli strikes and troop presence are themselves ceasefire violations.
The Lebanese health ministry has reported hundreds of deaths in Lebanon since the ceasefire took effect, with recent days among the deadliest. The conflict, which escalated sharply in March 2026 following regional tensions linked to Iran, shows no sign of returning to the terms both sides nominally agreed to weeks ago.
The Lebanse army reported this morning that one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli strike.
Although reports indicated Trump was considering allowing Israel to conduct a fierce and short campaign against Hezbollah in Beirut, for now, it looks like he has not agreed, and Beirut has not been touched.