- Despite a ceasefire, fierce fighting continues at strategic Ali Taher hill above Nabatiyeh — daily shelling, airstrikes and Hezbollah drone strikes have kept the area tense.
- Israel says it now has "operational control" of the hill and the tunnels beneath it used by Hezbollah, but Hezbollah disputes the picture and the exact situation on the ground is unclear.
- The standoff complicates U.S.-mediated Lebanon‑Israel talks, risks wider escalation, and is tangled with Lebanese politics, Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm, and Iran’s influence.
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