Israel strikes Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon

In Israel and Lebanon, around 28 June 2026, Israel struck Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon days after an interim peace deal. The Israeli military said it killed Hezbollah militants and attacked a launcher in the Nabatieh area, and that it destroyed a 200-meter-long Hezbollah tunnel, which Netanyahu and Katz announced. An Israeli soldier was killed in a clash with a Hezbollah militant on Saturday night, the IDF said. Hezbollah said it has a right to self-defence, and a Hezbollah lawmaker warned of Lebanese 'internal conflict' after the Israel deal.

A minister said Israel damaged heritage sites across south Lebanon. Times of Israel reported that the security annex to the deal conditions further IDF withdrawals on results, not time. Separately, the IDF said it killed a Hamas naval police commander in Gaza, and Al Jazeera reported that Israel killed four Palestinians in Gaza.