Israel Limits Lebanon Operations to Defense as Hezbollah Front Falls Quiet After 2 Days of Clashes
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 21
Israel Limits Lebanon Operations to Defense as Hezbollah Front Falls Quiet After 2 Days of Clashes
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 21
Summary
No Israeli strikes in Lebanon or Hezbollah attacks on Israel were reported by late Sunday, a day after Israel ordered its military to confine operations there to defensive actions.
The directive followed deadly fighting on Friday and Saturday that threatened to derail a preliminary U.S.-Iran peace deal, though it remains unclear whether the calmer spell will hold.
Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said there is still no restriction on troops acting to eliminate threats, underscoring continued dispute over what counts as defensive action.
Tebnit and nearby Ali al-Taher — a strategic ridgeline above Nabatieh in southern Lebanon — were the center of the latest clashes, while Trump warned Iran to rein in Hezbollah or face harder U.S. strikes.