After Abu Mohammed al-Julani was named interim president of Syria, dissolved the parliment, and suspended Syria's constitution, Katz announced that Israel will remain in Syrian territory.

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Monday that Israel should withdraw from the occupied border areas in southern Lebanon, rejecting the extension of the cease-fire arrangements to Feb. 18.

Naim Qassem insisted Hezbollah had emerged from the fight with Israel victorious, despite painful and unprecedented setbacks, and was unwilling to concede the group’s domestic position. Qassem also expressed Hezbollah’s satisfaction with Lebanon’s post-war political direction and said his group had a productive and positive relationship with Lebanon’s new president and prime minister-designate.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a surveillance drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah yesterday amid a fragile ceasefire.

While a cease-fire is in effect with the Palestinian Hamas in the south, the Israeli military ramped up its operations over the weekend against terrorists in the north and west, Israel Defense

The proximity to the Lebanese border made Manara so vulnerable in the war between Israel and Hezbollah that it became a symbol of the heavy price of fighting, with rockets and explosive drones damaging the majority of homes.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is reported to operate around 300 U.S.-made F-16 Fighting Falcons, including dozens of F-15C and at least F-16I Sufa fighters—the latter being a modified variant designed to meet the Middle Eastern states unique defense needs.

The medical staff and their patients have moved out of the underground parking lot where they had been based since September 2024. Despite a ceasefire with the Lebanese movement and incentives from the state,

Marielle Boutros, a project coordinator in Lebanon for ACN, said, "The war was hell for us. Every Christian here has thought about leaving the country ... Many people are still struggling ... and the situation is anything but simple – often there is no longer enough money at the end of the month for food."

No justification for delay, says Hezbollah’s Qassem on Israeli pullback from southern Lebanon - Anadolu Ajansı

The Israeli government says its military will not withdraw from Lebanon by Sunday’s deadline, in violation of a deadline set in a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.