{"id":607382,"date":"2026-09-06T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607382\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:34:10","slug":"live-updates-israel-strikes-southern-lebanon-after-hezbollah-drone-launch-idf-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607382\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates | Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Hezbollah Drone Launch, IDF Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Saturday&#8217;s updates:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met Saturday with Palestinian Americans in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, including relatives of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli settlers, and called for those responsible for settler violence to face prosecution.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The Israeli army said Saturday that it struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, including weapons storage facilities, following what it described as an attempted drone attack on Israeli troops in a designated security zone.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The U.S. military has disabled advertising identifiers on phones and computers used by its forces following reports that commercially available location data was used to target American personnel in the Middle East, Reuters reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Lebanon&#8217;s Ministry of Public Health said Friday that 4,352 people have been killed and 12,318 wounded in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since March 2, according to figures released by the ministry&#8217;s Emergency Operations Center and reported by Lebanon&#8217;s official National News Agency.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The Pentagon has subjected roughly 50 members of the U.S. military&#8217;s Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an investigation into leaks to journalists, including reports about how the war with Iran has depleted U.S. stocks of crucial munitions, The New York Times reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Turkish financial institution and two subsidiaries over 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