Israel intensifies strikes, especially north of Litani
The Israeli army significantly increased its strikes on Lebanon in January 2026,
after the Lebanese army said it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, covering the area south of the Litani river, around 30 kilometers from the Israeli border.
Israel struck Lebanon 87 times last month, more than twice the number recorded in December 2025, an Israeli think tank said.
According to the Israeli Alma Research and Education Center, nearly half of January's strikes targeted areas north of the Litani River. The rest targeted east Lebanon and the region south of the Litani.
Twenty Hezbollah members and one Hamas member were killed, the Israeli research center claimed.
More than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which largely ended with a November 2024 ceasefire, badly weakened the group.
The government has begun implementing a plan to disarm it starting in the south, one of its main traditional strongholds.
Israel, which accuses Hezbollah of rearming, has criticized the army's progress as insufficient.
Source: Naharnet
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