Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced a new Israeli "security boundary" along the border with Lebanon, according to a report by الشرق الأوسط published on Friday. The announcement concerns the frontier area between the two countries, where Israel has been conducting military operations.
The same outlet reports the move alongside other developments on the northern front. According to BBC reporting cited in the summary, Israel stated it destroyed two Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon using more than one thousand tons of explosives. CNN Arabic reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video described as showing the destruction of what it called Iran's largest site outside the republic.
Coverage of the tunnel demolitions has focused on the area around Ali al-Taher. Sky News Arabia examined whether the operation signals a pullback by Hezbollah or a new gamble, while Monte Carlo International asked whether the destruction of the tunnels there could push Israel to open a front in the Jezzine area in order to drive Hezbollah out.
The details released so far are limited, and no full text of the original report was available. What to watch next is whether Israel provides specifics on where the new security boundary runs and how Lebanon and Hezbollah respond to the announcement.