Among the discoveries made was a truck mounted with 40 rocket launcher barrels, located by the IDF near a Lebanese village close to the Israeli border.

The discoveries come amid growing friction between the IDF and the UNIFIL. In a statement on December 26, UNIFIL urged both sides to respect the ceasefire agreement and adhere to UNSC Resolution 1701

The Israeli military said it discovered and destroyed an underground tunnel system used by Hezbollah to hide weapons used to attack Israel in southern Lebanon.

Retired Israeli case agents behind Mossad's boobytrapped pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon explain how they got Hezbollah to buy the devices and the plots' impact on the Middle East.

Pagers exploded across Lebanon in September. Retired Mossad agents, key to the operation, tell 60 Minutes Israel's plot started years ago with getting Hezbollah terrorists to buy walkie-talkies.

One month after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel came into force, there is growing concern in Lebanon about its possible collapse. "We are sitting on a time bomb: We do not know when it will explode again,

Israel won’t permit Hezbollah operatives to return to villages in southern Lebanon and reestablish infrastructure that would pose a threat to Israeli communities, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.

Lebanon's leader on Monday toured parts of his country amid large Israeli gains of Hezbollah weapons. Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for Israel's military to exit the region after a recent cease-fire agreement.

Israel's wars in the Middle East are unlikely to end in 2025 or for that matter any time in the foreseeable future. The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence.

The Pentagon announced it would be deploying its THAAD battery to Israel, along with roughly 100 soldiers, to operate it in an effort to bolster Israel's air defence system amid fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East.

“UNIFIL has failed to identify and dismantle Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, much of which was built in open areas under their watch,” Zahavi said. She described Hezbollah’s systematic embedding of weapons in civilian areas as a deliberate strategy to exploit both UNIFIL and international law.