Of the 60,000 Israelis forced from their homes in the north by Hezbollah fire, only about 20 percent have returned since a ceasefire agreement five weeks ago.

In a session to assess the security situation on the northern front, Israel decided to establish twelve military positions along the Lebanese border, opposite each Israeli town, as the first step to ensure the security of northern towns and the border region.

Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL.

Gaza Lebanon is in a race against time, a week before a crucial election session, to agree on the next president, a step that is part of a ceasefire agreement that has halted the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

The Israeli military on Thursday said it struck Hezbollah rocket launchers in south Lebanon despite a fragile ceasefire with the militant group. The truce, which took effect on November 27, has been marked by mutual accusations of violations from both sides.

TEL AVIV, Israel — The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has taken hold. But repeated fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a faraway foe, is proving a stubborn threat for Israel.

The Israeli army said Thursday it struck Hezbollah medium-range rocket launchers at a military site belonging to the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon. The army said Hezbollah rocket launchers adjacent to a military site in the area of Nabatieh,

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Israel won’t permit Hezbollah operatives to return to villages in southern Lebanon and reestablish infrastructure that would pose a threat to Israeli communities, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.

The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had attacked and destroyed medium-range rocket launchers at a Hezbollah military site in southern Lebanon.

Confirming what many observers have concluded, Israeli paper Israel Hayom says Israel may decide to stay in south Lebanon beyond the 60-day withdrawal period specified in a ceasefire. The failure to withdraw in 60 days would be yet another violation of the US and France-backed ceasefire agreement reached on November 27 between Lebanon and Israel.

On January 3, sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem around 04:30 am local time due to a missile launched from Yemen, which was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force. The Israeli military warned of potential falling shrapnel from the interception,