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Netanyahu: My instructions are clear and unchanged: Our fighters in southern Lebanon have complete freedom of movement to repel any threat, past or present, to them or to the residents of the north. There are no restrictions on the Israeli army in this regard, and we will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as long as necessary.

US Vice President: Iran must rein in Hezbollah

US Vice President: We want to protect Israel's security and Lebanon's sovereignty at the same time.

Vance: Israel has the right to defend itself, but within a mechanism to prevent things from getting out of control.

Vance: In our talks, we established a mechanism for de-escalation and reducing tensions in Lebanon.

Several injuries reported in a series of airstrikes targeting the vicinity of Jawwal company in central Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes launch airstrikes on Gaza City

Haaretz, citing a source: Israel and Lebanon will discuss this week areas whose control will be transferred to the Lebanese army.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: Tireless Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end Lebanon War. Oil and petrochem exports are waived, blockade lifted, some frozen assets released, and major reconstruction & development plan launched for Iran. 1st real test: Lebanon deconfliction cell

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue maintaining its security zone in southern Lebanon

A senior Israeli official to, responding to reports from Lebanon, said: “There are no concessions and no withdrawals. The Israeli army is deployed along the Blue Line in positions deemed optimal for the protection of our forces"

Commander of the IRGC Quds Force Qaani issued message to the Israeli soldiers: you have caused the deaths of 100 people in less than four days! If you do not leave southern Lebanon on your own feet, the same scenario of 2000 will repeat itself, in which you fled from this land in shame and disgrace. Today, if you insist on aggression and occupation, you will be expelled in humiliation and defeat.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa rejects the possibility of Syrian military intervention in Lebanon against Hezbollah, as raised by U.S. President Trump. “We are seeking to build economic ties between Lebanon and Syria, not military ones,” al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al-Mashhad. “President Donald Trump expressed concern over the situation in Lebanon and seeks to end the war, noting Syria’s role in a peaceful solution, though his remarks were misinterpreted as if Syria was going to enter Lebanon tomorrow morning. “Syria can contribute to a positive solution by supporting the Lebanese state, strengthening institutions, and building ties among Lebanese forces, including Hezbollah, as partial solutions create major challenges,” al-Sharaa said

Buried beneath a hilltop village in southern Lebanon, just kilometers from the Israeli border, the Hezbollah built an underground drone “airbase” from which it launched Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles at Israel. The subterranean facility, guarded by massive steel blast doors, was built in the past decade with direct Iranian assistance, including planning and funding, Israeli military officials told The Times of Israel during an organized media tour of the site last week. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the tunnel runs several hundred meters into the mountain, reaching depths of 29 meters (95 feet) under Majdal Zoun — including beneath a mosque. Inside the tunnel, which was wide enough for a standard vehicle to drive through, Hezbollah had assembled Iranian-made drones using parts smuggled into Lebanon, according to the army

Trump: Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder

Trump on Lebanon: I am disappointed Israel cannot put Hezbollah away. They can't do anything without knocking buildings down. I am close to giving this to Syria because he would do a more precise job

A drone strike targeted a tent inside a school in Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City.

Lebanese media are reporting this morning that a tense calm prevails in southern Lebanon for a not insignificant period of time: no airstrikes by the air force have been recorded, no artillery shelling, and no drones or fighter jets have been sighted

Ministry of Health: 5 dead and one wounded in the raid on Sahmar, and two Palestinian dead in the raid on Rashidiya.

Israeli army announces Staff Sgt. Liav Kababia, 20, was killed in Lebanon

Several people were injured in a drone strike that targeted the home of the Hasna family in Block 3 of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A Hezbollah leader told Al Jazeera: "We are exercising our right to respond to Israeli attacks from a defensive position to force the to abide by the ceasefire."

Two dead in the raid on Al-Rayhan

Lebanese Ministry of Health: 83 dead and 141 wounded as a result of the intense Israeli raids on June 19

Iranian Foreign Ministry: We will demand in Switzerland that the US fulfill its commitments and specify how it intends to do so.

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Failure to implement some of the other party's commitments will jeopardize the overall understanding.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the first clause is the most important in the memorandum of understanding, and that the other party(U.S.) failed to fulfill its commitment to compel Israel to cease its attacks on Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Ministry: An Iranian delegation will travel to Switzerland to demand the other party fulfill its obligations.

Airstrike targets the town of Mefdoun

Israel assassinated Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil, known as the "Turtle Keeper," in an airstrike targeting her home, known as the "Orange House," in the town of Mansouri in southern Lebanon.