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This timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict covers the period from 27 November 2024, when the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement was signed, to the present.
The Israeli army has again threatened to imminently attack several targets in central and southern Beirut, telling residents in the vicinity to flee just hours before a ceasefire is set to take effect. In a post on X, Israel's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, posted a map showing several buildings in Beirut's southern suburb of Ghobeiry, which he identified as targets.
In the hours leading up to the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, which started at 4am local time (02:00 GMT), Israel's military claims its forces waged a blitz of attacks on Hezbollah sites across Lebanon, hitting dozens of them. The sites, it said, included command centres, weapons depots and infrastructure used by the Lebanese group's elite Radwan special forces unit. In one strike in Beirut, Israel's military claimed it killed an operations officer with Hezbollah's aerial unit.
The head of the Syndicate of Lebanese Press Editors, Joseph Al-Qassifi, has condemned the attack on journalists in the southern Lebanese town, which wounded two journalists – one working for The Associated Press and the other for Sputnik, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reports.
On the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the Israeli army says it has arrested four suspects, saying they approached army positions in southern Lebanon. "The detainees are interrogated in the field," the army said without elaborating on their fate.
Israeli forces have issued a curfew in southern Lebanon from this evening until tomorrow morning. "We inform you that starting from 5 pm (15GMT) until tomorrow morning at 7 am (05GMT), it is absolutely forbidden to travel south of the Litani River," Israel's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said on X, adding that any movement in that area "exposes you to danger." "We remind you that the IDF is still deployed in its positions in southern Lebanon in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, and our forces will deal firmly with any movement that violates this agreement."
On the first day, there were some incidents in which Israeli soldiers opened fire on people returning to their homes and villages. At least six people were killed and many were injured.
Another 78 people were killed across Lebanon on Tuesday and 266 were wounded, according to the country's health ministry. This brings the death toll since the start of the war on Gaza and before the ceasefire early Wednesday to 3,961 people, it said, adding that 16,520 people were injured. At least 248 children and 736 women have been killed, with Tuesday's death toll mostly coming as a result of Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon. At least 222 health workers have been killed since October last year, with 330 others wounded and 94 hospitals impacted by attacks.
One day after a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah went into effect, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reports that two Lebanese citizens were wounded in Markaba when Israel fired on it. Our correspondent on the ground has corroborated this information, saying the attack resulted in the injuries. The wounded were transferred to a hospital and are being treated, NNA says.
Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) says that an Israeli tank targeted the outskirts of the town of Kfar Shouba with two shells. This comes after at least two people were injured in the town of Markaba after Israeli forces fired on it. Despite a ceasefire going into effect just over 24 hours ago, the Israeli army placed movement restrictions on southern Lebanon, saying anyone who violates them is in danger.
Israel's military says on X that in the last hour, "the arrival of suspects, some with vehicles, to several areas in southern Lebanon was detected, which constitutes a violation". The army did not elaborate on the circumstances of this alleged violation of the ceasefire, now barely more than a day old.
Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military's head Arabic-language spokesperson, has issued new warnings to people in southern Lebanon. In a post on X, he said the following: It is strictly forbidden to move or travel south of the Litani River starting from 5pm (14:00 GMT) until 7am (04:00 GMT) tomorrow. Those south of the Litani River must remain where they are. Israel has fired on people in southern Lebanon several times since the ceasefire between it and Hezbollah went into effect yesterday. Most of the incidents appear to have involved people of vehicles approaching zones Israeli unilaterally designated as "restricted".
Al Jazeera's verification agency Sanad has revealed that some 20 villages in southern Lebanon, not previously invaded by Israeli ground troops, are among a list of locations Israel's military has warned residents not to return to after the ceasefire came into effect. An Israeli army spokesperson warned residents against entering 62 villages in southern Lebanon, covering an area of about 500 square kilometres (193sq miles). According to Sanad, only 42 of those villages had been previously invaded by Israeli ground troops, or at least witnessed clashes.
Four Israeli tanks have entered the western side of the Lebanese border village of Khiam, according to Lebanon's official National News Agency. It also reported Israeli artillery shelling targeting the outskirts of the towns of Markaba and Taloussa.
Footage released by Lebanese media outlets and verified by Al Jazeera's fact-checking agency, Sanad, shows Israeli forces stationed in the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon firing at several people as they try to bury a body in the cemetery. One of the video clips shows a person fleeing and falling to the ground as the soldiers shoot as another person tries to escape to a side street. A witness told Lebanese media that the Israeli army fired at people twice while they were trying to bury their relative despite having obtained approval from the Lebanese army and UNIFIL peacekeeping forces to be at this location near the Israeli army's positions.
The Israeli military has warned residents of southern Lebanon not to return to dozens more villages "until further notice" despite the ceasefire. In a notice published on social media, a military spokesman said residents would be at risk of attack by Israeli forces if they attempt to return home. The announcement draws a no-go zone line through the villages of Chebaa, Hebbariyah, Marjaayoun, Arnaoon, Yohmor, Al-Qantara, Shaqra, Baraashit, Yatar, Al-Mansouri. "You are prohibited at this stage from returning to your homes from this line south until further notice," the military spokesman said in the post which names dozens of villages that are off limits to their residents. The off-limits villages include: Dahra, Taybeh, Tayri, Naqoura, Abu Shash, Abel Saqi, Bayada, Al-Jbeen, Al-Khraiba, Al-Khiam, Khirbet, Matmoura, Al-Mari, Al-Adayseh, Al-Qalaa, Umm Tuta, Salib, Arnoun, Bint Jbeil, Beit Lif, Blida, Bani Hayyan, Al-Bustan, Ain Arab Marjeyoun, Debbin, Dbaal, Deir Mimas, Deir Siryan, Houla, Halta, Hanin, Tayr Harfa, Yahmar, Yaroun, Yarin, Kfar Hamam, Kfar Kila, Kfar Shuba, Al-Zaloutieh, Mahbib, Mays Al-Jabal, Maysat, Marjeyoun, Marouhin, Maroun Al-Ras, Markaba, Adshit Al-Qusayr, Ain Abel, Ainata, Aita Al-Shaab, Aitaroun, Alma Al-Shaab, Arab Al-Luwaizeh, Al-Qawzah, Rab Thalatheen, Ramieh, Rmeish, Rashaya Al-Fakhar, Shebaa, and Sheheen.
Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee has issued renewed restrictions on residents of southern Lebanon. "It is strictly forbidden to move or travel south of the Litani River starting from 5pm (14:00 GMT) until 7am (4:00 GMT) tomorrow," Adraee said on X. "Those south of the Litani River must remain where they are."
An Israeli drone attack on the village of Rab el-Thalathine in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate has killed two people and injured two others. That's according to the country's National News Agency (NNA).
Another soldier was "seriously wounded during an operational military activity in the north of the country [on the Lebanese border]", without providing further details.
The Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported several explosions on the outskirts of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras, two towns in southern Lebanon, during the fifth day of the truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli forces opened fire using machine guns at houses in the town of Naqoura in south Lebanon.
Israeli forces have again warned people in Lebanon against travelling south in their country, saying they are "prohibited" from returning to their homes. "I remind you that until further notice, you are prohibited from moving south to the line of the following villages and their surroundings: Shebaa, al-Habbariyeh, Marjayoun, Arnoun, Yohmor, Qantara, Chaqra, Baraachit, Yater, Al-Mansouri," Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X. "Anyone who moves south of this line – puts himself in danger," he added. Adraee also listed more than 60 villages that he said people are "prohibited" from returning to. Israeli forces do "not intend to target you and therefore you are prohibited at this stage from returning to your homes from this line south until further notice", he said.
An Israeli drone hit a bulldozer of the Lebanese army that was carrying out "fortification work" at a military base in the northeastern Hermel area close to the Lebanon-Syria border. The attack "resulted in one soldier being moderately injured", the Lebanese army said on X.
We reported yesterday, based on information from Lebanon's Health Ministry, that five people were killed and two others injured in renewed Israeli attacks on the town of Haris in southern Lebanon. The ministry now reports that six people were killed and two injured in the town, according to the country's official National News Agency (NNA).
Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of attacks on a number of villages and towns in southern Lebanon's Tyre and Bint Jbeil districts, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA). The agency said Israel "returned to launching flares and thermal balloons" before dawn over the village of Aita al-Shaab in the Nabatieh governorate.
An Israeli drone has targeted the village of Beit Lif in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate amid the ceasefire with the Hezbollah armed group, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA).
The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing a police source, has reported an Israeli strike on a car on Syria's Damascus airport road. The agency did not have information on casualties, but Syria's Halab Today TV said at least one person was killed in the attack, which took place near the Aqraba town bridge.
On X, the Israeli army says it destroyed Hezbollah infrastructure at "Mount Dov" – what Israel calls the Lebanese Shebaa Farms. It said its forces are continuing their "activity to remove the threats in the area".
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 4,047 people and wounded 16,638 others, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said in a televised address.
Dozens of Lebanese families who returned to their homes in south Lebanon after the truce was announced last week between Israel and Hezbollah have fled Israeli attacks once again. "I packed my stuff and children up after we came last week to our home near Tyre in southern Lebanon and returned to the house I was renting in Mount Lebanon," Haj Abu Mohammed told the German news agency DPA. "We survived the war, but I do not want to lose my children. They were terrified last night when they heard the bombing again," Abu Mohammed said. "We do not care who started the violations. We care about living in peace with our families," Fatima, who also returned to the north of Lebanon from the south of the country, told DPA.
The Israeli army says it is continuing to target Hezbollah activities that violate the terms of the ceasefire. Its spokesperson said the Israeli air force attacked a launch pad that was identified in the Majdal Zoun area in southern Lebanon, adding that the army destroyed "combat equipment" in the areas of Khiam, Sawwaneh and Aitaroun, also in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army says it is continuing its deployment in southern Lebanon, destroying underground infrastructure, killing fighters and eliminating "any threats" in the area. On the military's Arabic X account, an army's spokesperson said Israel was acting "in defence" of its citizens while "maintaining the terms of the ceasefire".
Lebanon's National News Agency is reporting that Israeli troops launched stun grenades at a residential building in the southern village of Aitaroun, shattering windows and causing a number of injuries.
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), says the fighters were killed near the Israeli border while "participating in confronting the Israeli aggression against Lebanon". "Al-Quds Brigades asserts that it will remain steady on the path of resistance until liberation and return," the group said in a statement.
Lebanon's Health Ministry says the attack targeted the village of Aitaroun near the town of Bint Jbeil.
Earlier today, Israeli warplanes flew above Beirut and struck a target in southern Lebanon in the latest violations of a fragile ceasefire. Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli drones flew at a low altitude above Beirut's southern suburb. It added that Israeli warplanes struck an area near the Litani River between the towns of Yohmor al-Chaqif and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon. In the Marjayoun district, also in southern Lebanon, Israel blew up more buildings in the town of Odaisseh.
Earlier we reported an Israeli plane had launched an air attack on Beit Lif, a town in the Bint Jbeil district. Lebanon's National News Agency is now reporting that four people have been killed in the attack and six others wounded.
The death toll from an Israeli attack reported earlier in Beit Lif has risen to five people, with five others injured, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
Israel said it targeted Hezbollah members, as Lebanese media outlets reported that one person was killed and another injured in an Israeli attack in the southern town of Khiam.
Lebanon's National News Agency reports that a woman, identified as Amal Dhaher, has succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike on the southern village of Dibbine that had killed her husband and mother. Israel bombed Dibbine earlier this week in violation of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah that went into effect in November.
Lebanon's National News Agency reports that Israeli forces have carried out two air strikes on open areas in southern Lebanon.
At least three people have been wounded in an Israeli drone raid on the town of al-Najariyah in Sidon district, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reports that the people were wounded when a drone attacked a car in the village of Majdal Zoun in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli forces have bombed and destroyed two houses in the town of Kfar Kila in violation of a ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah last month.
Israel demolished several homes in Tayr Harfa, al-Jabeen and Shiheen in Tyre, southern Lebanon, breaching the ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli bulldozers, for the third day in a row, also demolished neighbourhoods in the town of Naqoura south of Tyre.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) has reported that Israeli forces blew up several houses and properties in the town of Yaroun in the district of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. A correspondent for NNA reported that loud explosions were also heard in the surrounding villages.
Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, the Lebanese minister of agriculture, says Israel is continuing attacks on southern Lebanon despite agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month. The latest attack was the bulldozing of citrus orchards in the southern town of Naqoura, near the headquarters of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the country, he said in a post on X.
The Israeli military has again warned Lebanese residents that they could be killed if they return to their homes in the southern parts of the country. Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-language spokesman of the army, released a map naming 62 villages whose residents are prohibited from returning until further notice. "Anyone who moves south of this line exposes himself to danger," he said.
Lebanon's official National News Agency reports that the two were killed when the Israeli army targeted a group of people in the village of Taybeh. The attack also resulted in the wounding of one person, the report said.
The weapons of various types have been seized from Hezbollah hideouts in southern Lebanon, according to a statement by the military's Arabic-speaking spokesperson. The army "operated in about 20 villages in southern Lebanon that Hezbollah had turned into terrorist strongholds, using civilian areas to store weapons and launch attacks on the State of Israel", Avichay Adraee said on X. "We are determined to prevent Hezbollah from rearming and rebuilding its capabilities, and from threatening the security of Israel," he said.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli attacks continued on southern Lebanese towns and villages on Saturday night, in violation of a ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah last month. The Israeli raids included a "violent bombing operation" on areas between the towns of Markaba and Rab Thalathine in the Marjayoun district, the NNA reported.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli forces launched two waves of "large-scale" bombings in the southern town of Meiss el-Jabal on Sunday.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that an Israeli fighter jet has targeted positions in southern Lebanon, claiming that weapons were being transported.
The attack comes days after raids blamed on Israel killed 18 people in the central province of Hama, according to Syrian authorities. The Syrian Observatory said those strikes killed 27 people, including six civilians, and targeted a "scientific research area" and other sites in the province's Masyaf area.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli soldiers torched a number of houses in the town of Aitaroun in Bint Jbeil, "in a continued violation" of a truce that went into effect at the end of November.
At midnight, Israeli forces "carried out a bombing operation" in the vicinity of the town of Bani Haiyyan, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA). Another attack was reported in Kfar Kila and "the sound of which was heard throughout the south", NNA reports.
Those on board a Mahan Air flight from Tehran to Beirut were subject to "unprecedented and severe security efforts" at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, according to Iranian state-linked media. Passengers, many of whom are believed to have been Lebanese nationals coming back from Iran, were thoroughly searched and had their suitcases opened, reportedly leading to hours-long delays. Videos from inside the airport showed angry passengers shouting at Lebanese security forces. Lebanese security forces appear to have been concerned about potential funds being transferred to Hezbollah.
A correspondent for Lebanon's state-run National News Agency has reported that Israeli forces set fire to homes in the southern village of Hula.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reports that Israeli forces bombed the southern towns of Bani Haiyyan and Markaba overnight.
The UN's peacekeeping force in Lebanon says its personnel observed an Israeli army bulldozer destroying a "blue barrel marking the line of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel" in the southern village of Labbouneh this morning. In a statement, the organisation also said its peacekeepers witnessed the Israeli army destroying an observation tower belonging to the Lebanese army, which was "immediately beside a UNIFIL position". "The [Israeli army's] deliberate and direct destruction of both clearly identifiable UNIFIL property and infrastructure belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces is a flagrant violation of resolution 1701 and international law," the statement reads. "We call on all actors to avoid any actions, including the destruction of civilian property and infrastructure, that could jeopardize the cessation of hostilities."
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli forces bombed the town of Taybeh in the Marjayoun district late on Sunday evening. The report came as the Lebanese government accused Israel of violating the truce deal that went into effect on November 27 at least 392 times.
The Lebanese Civil Defence reports that its emergency responders have so far recovered the bodies of seven people after the latest Israeli attack on the town of Khiam, which took place this morning.
The Israeli military told residents in more than 60 villages in southern Lebanon they're still prohibited from returning to their homes. "A new reminder to the residents of south Lebanon that until further notice, you are prohibited from moving south to the village line and its surroundings," Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X. "The [Israeli military] does not intend to target you and, therefore, at this stage you are prohibited from returning to your homes from this line south until further notice. Anyone who moves south of this line – exposes himself to danger."
The Lebanese army says it has begun deploying units to eastern and central Lebanon's Ras an-Naqoura, Alma ash-Shaab, Tayr Harfa and Bint Jbeil among other villages and towns after Israeli forces withdrew from them.
The town of Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil region has been hit by Israeli artillery, according to Lebanon's official news agency.
Five people have been killed as a result of an Israeli attack on Tayr Debba a town in southern Lebanon's Tyre District, the country's state-run2 National News Agency (NNA) reports. The NNA's report cited Lebanon's Health Ministry as saying four others were wounded in the attack.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Israeli forces carried out a "large bombing operation" in the southern town of Kfar Kila in the early hours of the morning, causing tremors in the surrounding towns.
Lebanese state news agency NNA says an Israeli reconnaissance plane flew at low altitude over the southern city of Tyre. Israeli forces blew up several homes in the town of Aita ash-Shaab in southern Lebanon, the same source said. Israeli soldiers also staged a large-scale search operation in the town of Khiam, while military vehicles were reported to be advancing into the town of Meiss El-Jabal, NNA said.
Lebanon's National News Agency reports that the Israeli military is carrying out large explosions in the villages of Meiss el-Jabal and Kfar Kila, destroying civilian homes.
Israeli forces have blown up houses and bulldozed roads overnight in the villages of Aita al-Shaab, Hanine and Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate, according to the National News Agency (NNA). The agency also reported "a bombing operation" carried out by Israel in the village of Markaba in the Marjayoun district of Nabatieh.
Lebanon's National News Agency reports that the Israeli army has shelled an area on the outskirts of the village of Kfarchouba, which borders Syria's occupied Golan Heights. An Israeli force also advanced towards Maroun al-Ras near the town of Bint Jbeil in violation of the fragile ceasefire reached with Hezbollah in November, the agency said.
According to NNA, the Israeli military blew up several homes in Meiss El-Jabal town of the Marjayoun district in southern Lebanon. The news agency also reported that a Syrian national had been arrested by the Israeli army while grazing a herd of cattle on the outskirts of the Rmeish town.