IDF Reaches Farther Into Lebanon as Cabinet Set to Vote on Ceasefire

Stand for Israel  |  November 26, 2024

Israeli soldiers from the Armored Brigade operating in a village in southern Lebanon.
Israeli soldiers from the Armored Brigade operating in a village in southern Lebanon. (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s military operation in Lebanon reaches all the way to Litani River, all while a discussion about a possible ceasefire with Hezbollah takes place on Tuesday. JNS tells us more:

Israeli troops reached the Litani River on Tuesday, for the first time since the Israel Defense Forces’ withdrawal from Southern Lebanon on May 24, 2000, the IDF reported.

Soldiers from the 91st Division carried out intelligence-driven raids on Hezbollah targets, engaged in close-quarters combat with terrorists and uncovered and destroyed dozens of rocket launchers, thousands of rockets and missiles, as well as concealed weapons storage facilities, according to the military…

According to the reported terms of a draft ceasefire agreement expected to be approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet during its meeting on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. local time, all IDF soldiers are to withdraw from Southern Lebanon over a 60-day transition period.