IDF prepares for possible halt to Lebanon offensive amid emerging deal

As an agreement takes shape between the United States and Iran, the IDF is preparing for the possibility that Israel’s political leadership will order a halt to the ground advance in southern Lebanon. According to a report aired by Kan News, these may be the last days in which the military can continue its broad maneuver in the area.

Security officials are also preparing to scale back strikes deeper inside Lebanon, in an effort not to undermine the talks between Washington and Tehran. At the same time, officials said the IDF is not expected to withdraw from the security buffer zone, and that the issue will be discussed in talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States in about a week and a half.

Meanwhile, Division 36 continued operating northward in southern Lebanon in recent days. Lebanese reports said the forces reached the Ali Taher ridge near Nabatieh, a city described as strategically important and central to Hezbollah.

A political source said the leadership had instructed the IDF not to take steps that could damage the emerging agreement. Another source familiar with the details said strikes in southern Lebanon are continuing, but in a targeted way. According to sources cited in the report, Hezbollah has also instructed its operatives not to fire at northern Israeli communities. The Prime Minister’s Office rejected the report, calling it “fake news.”