Also, in four separate incidents throughout Monday, the IDF said, troops spotted \u201cseveral terrorists traveling in vehicles and approaching IDF soldiers, in a manner that posed an immediate threat to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Israeli Air Force then struck \u201call of the threats in a precise manner,\u201d the military added.<\/p>\n
\t Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency reported that a car was targeted in Kfar Tebnit, resulting in the death of the driver.<\/p>\n Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group, said Monday that it had attacked an Israeli force trying to advance in southern Lebanon. Fighters from the group \u201cusing rockets and drones\u201d blocked an Israeli force consisting of an excavator and two Merkava tanks that was \u201cadvancing\u201d in the vicinity of Kfar Tebnit town near the southern city of Nabatieh, Hezbollah claimed in a statement.<\/p>\n In another statement late Monday, it added: \u201cThe enemy army regrouped its forces in the vicinity of the crossing area by bringing in an armored force consisting of five Merkava tanks and four vehicles,\u201d adding that it \u201ctargeted them with rocket barrages and artillery shells.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters Monday while in Versailles for a G7 summit, US President Donald Trump said \u201cwe do want to see if we can straighten out the Lebanon thing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just seems to never end,\u201d Trump added. \u201cHezbollah, we have to have a little talk with them.\u201d<\/p>\n \t A senior US official told reporters on Monday that the MOU signed a day earlier with Iran is not conditioned on Israel withdrawing from Lebanon. However, the deal still envisions a ceasefire that covers Lebanon, as well as Iran, the US official said in a briefing with reporters.<\/p>\n According to a Monday report in Channel 13 news, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently held a tense phone call with US Vice President JD Vance in which the latter asked for Israel to scale back the IDF\u2019s presence in Lebanon, but Netanyahu refused.<\/p>\n \u201cThe IDF won\u2019t withdraw, but from now on, every action will be scrutinized,\u201d a source was quoted as saying by the network.<\/p>\n Holding a press conference Monday evening, Netanyahu said Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zone in southern Lebanon \u201cfor as long as necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIran wanted us to withdraw from there. That did not happen. Do you know why it did not happen? Among other reasons, because I stood very, very firm. I was very, very resolute on this matter. And I think our American friends respect that resoluteness and that firm stance,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier in the day that Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon \u201cdespite all the existing pressures and those that will still come.\u201d<\/p>\n \t However UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres\u2019s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said there had been fewer clashes between Israel and Hezbollah on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just got an update from our peacekeeping colleagues at UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), who report that from midnight until 4 p.m. local time today, UNIFIL observed a decrease in violence and exchanges of fire, recording 133 trajectories of projectiles and two airstrikes attributed to the IDF,\u201d said the statement. \u201cNo trajectories from Hezbollah or non-State actors were reported during that time.\u201d<\/p>\n Details of the agreement to end the Middle East war on all fronts have not been made public, but Iran and mediator Pakistan have both said it includes Lebanon.<\/p>\n An official source told AFP that \u201cLebanon was not informed of the terms of the agreement or the time of the ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n
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