Hezbollah has expressed fierce opposition to the talks. The Lebanese government has distanced itself from the terror group and made efforts to disarm it, though Israel is skeptical of its ability to do so.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah has been firing hundreds of rockets per day, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The vast majority of the daily rocket fire has been directed at Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon, with only a few dozen projectiles crossing the border into Israel.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n The IDF believes Hezbollah still possesses thousands of short-range rockets, along with hundreds of longer-range projectiles. The IDF has said that Hezbollah is launching most of its attacks from deep within southern Lebanon, north of the Litani River, and not from areas close to the border.<\/p>\n \u05d1\u05d9\u05de\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de-200 \u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df. \u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05ea\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5: \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd, \u05de\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05db-20 \u05de\u05e9\u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05e9\u05d9\u05d2\u05e8\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d8\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d2\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05e2\u05d2\u05dc \u05de\u05d4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea. pic.twitter.com\/LeR2mr37Vv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The military, meanwhile, carried on with its campaign against the terror group, saying the Israeli Air Force has struck over 200 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the past day.\n<\/p>\n The IDF said the targets included terror operatives, buildings used by the terror group, and some 20 rocket launchers, including some used in attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n Lebanese media reported that at least two vehicles were targeted in Israeli strikes on a coastal highway south of Beirut, near the seaside towns of Jiyeh and Saadiyat, some 70 kilometers north of Israel\u2019s border.<\/p>\n \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648: \u0645\u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0647\u062f\u0641\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u062f\u064a\u0627\u062a pic.twitter.com\/lgSCj3ycpz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lebanon Debate (@lebanondebate) April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n There was no immediate comment from the IDF on the specific strikes.<\/p>\n Despite its ongoing attacks, Israel has not targeted the Lebanese capital since a series of attacks targeting Hezbollah sites across the country on April 8 killed more than 350 people.<\/p>\n The IDF also reiterated on Wednesday its wide-scale evacuation warning for southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n \u201cHezbollah\u2019s terror activities are forcing the IDF to act strongly against it. Strikes are ongoing\u2026 therefore, for your safety, we again urge you to evacuate your homes immediately and move at once to north of the Zahrani River,\u201d army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee wrote on X.<\/p>\n The IDF has issued such warnings numerous times in recent weeks.<\/p>\n \u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644\u203c\ufe0f \u0627\u0646\u0630\u0627\u0631 \u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u062c\u0646\u0648\u0628 \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0648\u0627\u062c\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0646\u0648\u0628 \u0646\u0647\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646\u064a <\/p>\n ????\u0625\u0646 \u0646\u0634\u0627\u0637\u0627\u062a \u062d\u0632\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0631\u0647\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u064f\u062c\u0628\u0631 \u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0636\u062f\u0647 \u0628\u0642\u0648\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0646\u0648\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0633 \u0628\u0643\u0645. <\/p>\n ????\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631\u0629 \u062d\u064a\u062b \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0628\u0642\u0648\u0629 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629. \u0648\u0644\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0648\u062d\u0631\u0635\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u062a\u0643\u0645 \u0646\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0648\u0646\u0646\u0627\u0634\u062f\u0643\u0645\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/wrsh0cO2zT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0627\u0641\u064a\u062e\u0627\u064a \u0627\u062f\u0631\u0639\u064a (@AvichayAdraee) April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n On the ground, Israeli troops in the south located a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile launcher that was aimed at Israel, the military said.\n<\/p>\n Reservists of the 8th Armored Brigade, operating under the 91st \u201cGalilee\u201d Regional Division, found several anti-tank missiles\u00a0alongside the launcher, as well as other weapons and equipment.<\/p>\n The IDF said the division in recent days also directed airstrikes on buildings in southern Lebanon that were being used by Hezbollah, including a command center, and killed several members of the terror group.<\/p>\n The military also announced Wednesday that, following the injury of the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade\u2019s 52nd Battalion in southern Lebanon Tuesday, Lt. Col. Daniel Ella, a previous commander of the battalion, will return to the role temporarily.<\/p>\n Ella, as the 52nd Battalion commander, was moderately wounded during fighting in Gaza in July 2024. He was replaced by Lt. Col. Yehuda Shalev, who was later severely wounded in October 2024. Ella then briefly returned to serve as acting battalion commander until the latest commander \u2014 seriously wounded on Tuesday \u2014 entered the role.<\/p>\n Now, Ella will again serve as acting commander of the battalion.<\/p>\n \t Israeli officials have said the IDF is establishing a demilitarized \u201csecurity zone\u201d in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, until the threat of Hezbollah is removed.<\/p>\n The buffer zone would be controlled with surveillance and firepower, as well as ground troops in areas deemed strategically necessary, the military has said.<\/p>\n Defense Minister Israel Katz has said he instructed the IDF to raze all buildings in the so-called \u201cfirst line\u201d of Lebanese villages close to the Israeli border, to ensure Hezbollah cannot use them to stage attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n \t Thirteen IDF soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon amid fighting against Hezbollah, two civilians were killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.<\/p>\n In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed some 1,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group\u2019s elite Radwan Force, since hostilities escalated amid the war with Iran.<\/p>\n More than 3,500 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon have also been struck, including hundreds of command centers, weapon depots, and rocket and missile launchers, according to the IDF.<\/p>\n Foreign press group urges vigilance after IDF shares altered image<\/p>\n The Foreign Press Association is urging journalists to be \u201cvigilant in accepting handout materials\u201d from the IDF \u201cat face value,\u201d after the military circulated a digitally manipulated image of a Lebanese journalist it killed in an airstrike<\/a>, alleging he was a Hezbollah operative.<\/p>\n On March 28, the IDF published an image of Hezbollah-affiliated journalist Ali Shoeib, showing him split between two depictions: one unedited, in a press vest, and another altered to show him in Hezbollah uniform. The military said he had been targeted as a Radwan Force operative acting \u201cunder the guise of a journalist.\u201d<\/p>\n ????ELIMINATED: For years, Ali Hassan Shaib operated as a Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist under the guise of a journalist.<\/p>\n Turns out the \u201cpress vest\u201d was just a cover for terror. pic.twitter.com\/24F7MJ3Yth<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis image turned out to be fake,\u201d the FPA said in a statement, adding that it was intended to \u201cdiscredit\u201d Shoeib, who was killed alongside two other journalists.\n<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the recent wars, it has been common practice by the Israeli military to discredit journalists and sow doubt by releasing inaccurate information and raising allegations without providing clear evidence,\u201d the group charged.<\/p>\n Ali Shaib was officially recruited as a member of Hezbollah\u2019s military wing in 2020, but in practice had been cooperating with the terrorist organization since 2013. His role in the intelligence unit was to film intelligence information and transfer it to the Radwan Force, all\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Y0IWDov1CW<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26105336719170-e1776249871863-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tIDF soldiers drive through southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n