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Israel Destroys Hezbollah Drone Fortress in Lebanon
Deal Preserves IDF Freedom; No Automatic Withdrawals
Iran Skips Talks; Deconfliction Lines Open

The time is now 7:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Regional Impacts, an official familiar with the contents told The Times of Israel that the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement preserves the Israel Defense Force’s freedom to act against threats in the southern Lebanon security zone and reiterates that there will be no automatic withdrawals; redeployments would be guided by ground conditions rather than a fixed schedule, and Jerusalem remains wary that pressure from Tehran could derail the deal. Separately, the military demolished a 200-meter tunnel network described as a Hezbollah drone facility.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Israeli forces destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel complex in southern Lebanon that officials described as a drone fortress. The network, extending more than 200 meters and reaching depths of over 25 meters, held drones, warheads, explosives and launch shafts believed to be aimed at Israel and developed with Iranian know‑how. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said the attack followed a trilateral framework signed last week to move toward peace and disarm Hezbollah, with Lebanese state media reporting strikes in the area and the Lebanese health ministry reporting two people wounded by a stun grenade in the south. The destruction was described as targeting a subterranean complex built with Iranian support, and Israel said it had informed the United States and the US representative in Lebanon in advance of the operation.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, Iran did not participate in technical talks scheduled for Sunday due to recent attacks and unfulfilled conditions of the MoU with the United States, according to a state television briefing. A senior US official told The Jerusalem Post that nothing had been canceled and that technical talks regarding MoU implementation were on track for the coming days, with deconfliction channels up and running after the Lake Lucerne Summit. Axios reported that the United States and Iran had agreed to stop attacks and would meet in Qatar in the coming week, with officials saying that vessels could move freely and that the deconfliction hotline remains in effect.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, the Judicial Selection Committee on Sunday selected 68 people for posts across Israel’s court system, marking the committee’s first broad round since January 2025 after a year-and-a-half of backlog and political tension. Fifty-three were chosen for permanent judicial posts in magistrates, family, juvenile, traffic, and district courts, while 15 were named as registrars and acting district-court judges in Beersheba, Haifa, Jerusalem, and Nof Hagalil-Nazareth. The move addresses a shortage highlighted by the High Court of Justice as harmful to court services and the public, but it does not fully resolve the district-court vacancy crisis. Separately, Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Jansa, announced plans to relocate the Slovenian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and to reverse Slovenia’s recognition of a Palestinian state, saying he would uphold the law and freeze that decision. He stressed close cooperation with Israel as challenges like terrorism and geopolitical pressure continue, and Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen congratulated him on revoking recognizing a Palestinian state.

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