UNIFIL is maintaining its positions in southern Lebanon despite Israeli demands to relocate due to heightened tensions with Hezbollah. UNIFIL reports frequent targeting by Israeli forces and nearby rocket launches by Hezbollah.

As Israel expands its strikes far from Hezbollah’s bastions into areas where displaced Shiites have fled, fears rise about worsening sectarian tensions.

Israel’s military said Thursday it killed a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, while also announcing a new round of evacuation orders in the Bekaa Valley. The Israel Defense Forces identified the commander killed as Hussein Awada and said he was responsible for firing projectiles across the border into Israel.

Following shelling by the Israeli army, UNIFIL peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon have become increasingly tense. View on euronews