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Jun 25, 2026
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Israel Strikes Lebanon, Killing Three, Amid Fragile Ceasefire Talks

AI Summary
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued despite a ceasefire, killing three people in a strike on a car in southern Lebanon. Senior Israeli and Lebanese officials are meeting for a final day of talks in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress towards a 'commitment of intent'.

The Deadly Strike

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued despite a ceasefire, with three people killed during a strike on a car in the south of the country, as senior Israeli and Lebanese officials meet for a final day of talks in Washington.

According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), three people were killed on Thursday, and one was wounded after the Israeli attack hit a car on the road between Zawtar and Mayfadoun in Nabatieh Governorate.

Ceasefire Talks

Israel and Lebanon have been discussing a United States-backed proposal for the past three days, with the talks wrapping up in Washington, DC, on Thursday. The negotiations have been focused on Israeli forces handing over some of the territory they occupied during the fighting with Hezbollah to Lebanon’s military.

A US State Department official told the Reuters news agency that Israel had taken a 'concrete step' towards the proposal, which had been part of the latest round of talks, by pulling back from a part of a buffer zone in southern Lebanon.

The Humanitarian Impact

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, since the conflict began on March 2, 4,230 people have been killed and 12,179 others have been wounded.

NNA also reported that Israeli forces burned a number of houses in the town of Ain Arab, after issuing warnings forcing residents to evacuate the town before 5pm on Wednesday.

The Fragile Ceasefire

Reporting from Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remains 'fragile' as the Israeli army continues to target 'anyone or anything in front-line villages'.

'[These are ] villages on the outskirts [of the] city of Nabatieh, which lie along the area which is under Israel’s occupation,' Khodr explained.

The US Perspective

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon were making good progress towards a 'commitment of intent'. 'I think we are very close in our hopes of getting a commitment of intent between the two countries,' Rubio told reporters during a visit to Bahrain.