According to reporting from the Los Angeles Times, the military clashed along this strategic waterway Tuesday as Israeli forces pushed north, effectively shredding the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Benjamin Netanyahu authorized more intense strikes, hitting over 100 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley overnight.
One single strike in Mashghara killed 12 people, including multiple children, according to local reports.
Hezbollah is firing rockets and drones at mobilizing Israeli troops, trying to hold ground along the riverbanks near Nabatieh.
The Litani River serves as the functional front line, with southern Lebanon currently under heavy Israeli military control.
Negotiations are scheduled in Washington for later this week, but the current escalation suggests neither side is looking for a diplomatic exit.
As Lebanon faces a humanitarian catastrophe with over one million people displaced, the entire region is sliding into a wider, uncontrolled conflict.
RECAP:
After news broke that a U.S-Iran deal was good to go and just needed signing, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader warned that unless it's fully implemented, they will block the Strait of Hormuz again.
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