Lebanese military personnel and French UNIFIL soldiers at a Lebanese Army base in the Sour district, southern Lebanon, on July 8, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient Today)
On Saturday, the Israeli army backed down from its decision to strike a building in the town of Yanouh (Sour), a first since the cease-fire, after having ordered its residents to evacuate. This came after the Lebanese Army, deployed on site, conducted a house-search operation.The move was unprecedented as the Lebanese Army had until now refused to search private residences as part of its mission to disarm Hezbollah. Nevertheless, the Lebanese Army’s move was unanimously welcomed across Lebanon’s political spectrum. So much so that even Hezbollah expressed its satisfaction with the outcome of the operation.It all began in the morning, when the Lebanese Army, in coordination with UNIFIL, inspected a house in Yanouh, in the district of Sour, at the request of the cease-fire monitoring mechanism, as reported by our correspondent in southern...
On Saturday, the Israeli army backed down from its decision to strike a building in the town of Yanouh (Sour), a first since the cease-fire, after having ordered its residents to evacuate. This came after the Lebanese Army, deployed on site, conducted a house-search operation.The move was unprecedented as the Lebanese Army had until now refused to search private residences as part of its mission to disarm Hezbollah. Nevertheless, the Lebanese Army’s move was unanimously welcomed across Lebanon’s political spectrum. So much so that even Hezbollah expressed its satisfaction with the outcome of the operation.It all began in the morning, when the Lebanese Army, in coordination with UNIFIL, inspected a house in Yanouh, in the district of Sour, at the request of the cease-fire monitoring mechanism, as reported by our correspondent in...
Israel announces soldier killed in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah buries dozens of its fighters
