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Agence France-Presse

Israel’s military said Monday it had killed a Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon, a region that has witnessed several attacks despite the ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group.
“Yesterday evening (Sunday)... The IDF struck and eliminated Hezbollah terrorist Muhammad Ali Shuweikh in the Mansouri area in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement.
The army said the targeted operative was the local representative for Hezbollah in the area.
“He was responsible for communication between the terror organisation and the residents of the area regarding financial and military subjects. Additionally, the terrorist operated to seize private assets for terror use,” it added.

“The terrorists’ activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
The Lebanese health ministry on Sunday said the strike hit a car in the town of Mansouri, just over 10km (6 miles) from the Israeli border, and “resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen”.
A report from Lebanon’s National News Agency said the deceased was a school principal in Mansouri.
In November last year, Lebanon and Israel agreed to a ceasefire to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, which broke out after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Also on Sunday, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli soldiers shot at its troops in the south of the country, while Israel’s military said it had spotted two suspects and fired warning shots.
The IDF cited “poor weather conditions” and said it had not deliberately directed fire towards United Nations troops.




The UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL said in a statement that Israeli forces “fired on UNIFIL peacekeepers from a Merkava tank from near a position Israel has established in Lebanese territory”, adding that heavy machine gun rounds hit about five metres from their personnel.
The force said the peacekeepers were able to “leave safely 30 minutes later” after the tank withdrew inside the Israeli position.
UNIFIL said the incident “represents a serious violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701”, which ended a 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and also formed the basis of last November’s truce.
Under that ceasefire deal, Israel was to withdraw its forces from south Lebanon, but it has kept them at five areas it deems strategic.
It has also carried out regular strikes on targets in Lebanon, arguing it is hitting Hezbollah sites and operatives.
Meanwhile, the fragile ceasefire in the war-torn Palestinian territory of Gaza continued to hold as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on Monday on a resolution endorsing a US-backed peace plan.


The draft resolution would follow up on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by US President Donald Trump, giving the council’s blessing for a transitional administration and a temporary international security force in the devastated territory.
Unlike previous drafts, the latest version of the resolution mentions a possible future Palestinian state, which the Israeli government is vehemently against.
“Our opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.
The Security Council resolution would effectively usher in the second phase of the deal reached last month, which brought about a ceasefire after two years of war sparked by Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
The first phase has seen the release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly all of the 28 dead captives held by Palestinian militants.
In exchange, Israel has freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and returned 330 bodies.


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A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) watchtower on the Lebanese side of the border separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 16, 2025. Photo: AFP

An Israeli Merkava main battle tank in northern Israel along the border with southern Lebanon on November 6. Photo: AFP

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A displacement camp in Gaza City. Photo: AFP

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People take part in a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Photo: AP

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Destroyed buildings are pictured near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

 Destroyed buildings as seen from an Israeli military outpost within the borders of the ‘yellow line’ in the Shujaiya neighbourhood in the eastern part of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

A Hamas militant stands guard near the designated ceasefire line earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Israeli settlers spark outrage with mosque attack in West Bank village

Damaged windows and walls of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya on Thursday. Photo: AP

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 Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the funeral procession of an Israeli hostage in Jerusalem last month. Photo: EPA

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Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers


Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers.


Israeli strike in Lebanon kills Hezbollah operative amid tensions with UN peacekeepers

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers

Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers