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Israel suspends strike on southern Lebanon village after Lebanese army request
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 13, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on December 13, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Israel halted a planned strike on a Lebanese village after the army requested access to address a ceasefire breach, highlighting ongoing tensions.
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Israel put a planned strike on a village in southern Lebanon on hold on Saturday after the Lebanese army requested access to the site to "address a breach" of a ceasefire agreement, an Israeli military spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, Israel had issued an evacuation warning for the village of Yanouh ahead of what it said was a planned strike against infrastructure of the Hezbollah militant group.
"After the warning was issued, the Lebanese Army ... requested permission to access the specified site again, which had been declared in violation, in order to address the breach of the agreement," the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said on X.
"The Israel Defense Forces decided to allow this, and accordingly the airstrike was temporarily frozen."
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in 2024, ending more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that had culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since then, the sides have traded accusations over violations.
On Tuesday, Israel hit what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon have both sent civilian envoys to a military committee monitoring their ceasefire, a step towards meeting a months-old U.S. demand that they broaden talks in line with President Donald Trump's Middle East peace agenda.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-DinEditing by Peter Graff and Mark Potter)
An airstrike is a military attack carried out by aircraft, targeting specific locations or infrastructure. It is often used in conflict zones to destroy enemy assets or positions.
A military committee is a group of military officials or representatives from different parties that convenes to discuss and oversee military operations, agreements, or ceasefires.
In a military context, infrastructure refers to the facilities and systems that support military operations, including transportation networks, communication systems, and supply depots.
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