🔴 Hezbullah shot down an Israeli UAV that entered into Zibqin valley in south Lebanon.

⋯ Alleged footage of an Israeli jet over Lebanon firing flares due to possible threat alerts.

Hezbullah's Military media publishes footage of how it downed the IDF drone over Zibqine Valley in South Lebanon earlier today.

The IDF initially claimed that the drone "fell" during routine surveillance.

U.S. and Israel mount pressure on Hezbullah's tents in Shebaa Farms

The U.S. is pressing the Lebanese government and army to take steps to dismantle a Hezbullah outpost that was established several weeks ago in the Israeli-occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, annexed by Israel in 1981. The U.S. and Israel were concerned that the outpost was the result of a miscalculation by Hezbullah that could lead to an escalation, Israeli officials said.

At Israel's request, State Department and Pentagon officials stressed to the Lebanese government, UNIFIL officials and the Lebanese armed forces that the Hezbullah outpost needed to be evacuated. “Our goal is to move the outpost out of there. We prefer Hezbollah will do it themselves than to bomb it. We made that clear to the U.S. and they made that clear to people in Lebanon”, said an Israeli official.

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⋯ According to a senior Israeli official, Hezbullah set up a tent on 8 April in an area that is north of the border fence between Israel and Lebanon, but 30 meters south of the internationally recognized Blue Line in an area considered by the UN to be Israeli territory.

⋯ The Israeli military realized the tent was in Israeli territory only several weeks later when Hezbollah added another tent, a water tank and a generator to the outpost.

For several weeks, the IDF had quiet conversations with the UNIFIL, but the issue leaked to the Israeli press

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PM Netanyahu expressed concern with providing Iron Dome's to Ukraine emphasizing the risk of it falling into Iranian hands.

"Western systems did exactly that journey and we now find them on our borders with Hezbullah."

The Jewish U.S. ambassador to Israel visited the Lebanese border today to voice the state's unwavering support to any action taken by Tel Aviv in the North.

Report: Israel deferring attacks on Hezbullah's air defences since 2019

According to revelations by Israeli media Maariv yesterday (30 June), the IDF pushed twice for an air attack against Hezbullah's air-defence weapons in Lebanon, but was stopped by PM Benjamin Netanyahu, in fear of escalation and war.

It first happened in 2019: after an Israeli suicide drone attack in Beirut, Hezbullah activated a limited array of its air defence and endangered Israeli MALE UAVs on several occasions. Hezbullah attempted to shoot down a Hermes-450 by firing a SA-8 missile but marginally missed the UAV. The Israeli Air Force identified the 9K33 Osa vehicle that fired the missile, but was not allowed to destroy it.

Maariv writes that, after 3+ more incidents, “the IDF identified the disturbing trend, and more than a year later [since the 2019 incident], the possibility of [attacking] was raised”, but it was “eventually dropped”.

⋯ Netanyahu's decision is completely different from the country's mode of operation in Syria, where air defence is destroyed first before another attack.

Israel also confirms that Hezbullah continues to attempt to advance its air-defence capabilities with Iranian support.

A fire took place near Beirut's international airport, where plastics are stored in a barren plot of land.

Haytham Tawk, was shot dead in the mountainous area known as Qarnat al-Sawda, Lebanon's highest mountain peak.

The Lebanese Forces party accused unknown snipers of the murder.

A 6-year-old died at her grandparents house in Miniyeh, north Lebanon.

Medical examination revealed signs of rape and sexual assault.

Iraqis make up to 50% of all tourists currently visiting Lebanon.

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Another was killed by the alleged snipers.

The Lebanese army recovered his body with a helicopter.

Armed men from the LF attempted to reach the area but were stopped by the Lebanese army

🔴 Explosions reported over Syria and in Gaza.

Explosions reported in Israel.

⋯ Syrian air defences are engaging Israeli rockets over Homs province.

Explosions from AD activity can be heard in Tartous region.