{"id":298794,"date":"2026-02-19T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/298794\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:54:12","slug":"idf-hits-hezbollah-terror-sites-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/298794\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF hits Hezbollah terror sites in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/422582\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Tuesday<\/a> rejected <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/422530\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a decision<\/a> by the Lebanese government to grant the military at least four months to advance the second phase of a nationwide disarmament plan, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The group stated that it would not accept the move, which it claims serves the interests of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">In August 2025, the Lebanese cabinet <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/412816\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tasked the army<\/a> with drawing up and implementing a plan to bring all weapons held by armed groups under state control. This initiative was primarily aimed at disarming Hezbollah following the group&#8217;s war with Israel in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">By September 2025, the cabinet formally welcomed the army&#8217;s disarmament plan for the terror group. However, the government did not set a clear timeframe at that time, noting that the military&#8217;s limited capabilities and ongoing Israeli strikes could hinder progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">On Monday, Lebanon\u2019s government announced that the army will need at least four months to complete the second phase of the plan to disarm Hezbollah in the country\u2019s southern regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah signaled the group&#8217;s firm rejection of the timeline and the broader disarmament approach. &#8220;We cannot be lenient,&#8221; Fadlallah said, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">Hezbollah has continued to violate the terms of the ceasefire and continues to rebuild its military strength. Israel has responded by striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The terrorist group has <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/413840\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">condemned the Lebanese government&#8217;s plan<\/a> to disarm the terror organization and has <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/415471\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-7e3a3ef3=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">repeatedly vowed<\/a> to keep its arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization on Tuesday rejected a decision by the Lebanese government to grant the military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[86,85,46,88,43,21960],"class_list":{"0":"post-298794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-hezbollah","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-lebanon","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-northern-arrows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}