Daily Briefing June 15 – Despite Iran deal, Israel determined to hold the fort in Lebanon

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Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed Monday that the Israeli military will remain in southern Lebanon and warned that if Iran strikes, it will be hit “with full force,” promising that Israel will resist any pressure after the US and Iran have reached a deal to end the war that also reportedly includes a commitment to end hostilities in Lebanon. We hear about what the IDF is currently holding in southern Lebanon and the strike on Beirut that almost derailed the Iran-US memorandum of understanding last night.

Late last week, senior Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, mastermind of a January 2007 attack that killed five US troops in Iraq, was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced Sunday. Who was this terror architect and what else was he responsible for?

The IDF seeks to erect, for the first time, a permanent post in an area meant to be fully controlled by the Palestinian Authority. The post is set to be built in the northern West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp. What is the purpose of this first permanent post in Area A?

Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

Israel vows to stay in south Lebanon; if Iran strikes, we’ll hit it ‘with full force’

IDF says over 70 Hezbollah sites hit as troops advance near south Lebanon’s Nabatieh

Israel braces for Iranian missile fire after strike on Hezbollah target in Beirut

IDF says it killed key Hezbollah official responsible for deadly 2007 attack on US troops

As IDF prepares to build post in Jenin, 2 soldiers hurt, 1 seriously, in blast

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