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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou

Israel strikes southern Lebanon as deadline to disarm Hezbollah nears

A Lebanese soldier in uniform holding a gun stands in front of a burnt-out car, hit by an Israeli drone strike in Aatqanit, southern Lebanon.
A Lebanese soldier guards a car hit by an Israeli drone strike in Aatqanit, southern Lebanon, 22 December 2025. Photograph: EPA

Israel has carried out several airstrikes in southern Lebanon on what it said was Hezbollah infrastructure, as a new year’s deadline for the Lebanese state to disarm the group in the south of the country loomed.

Israeli warplanes bombed the valleys of Houmin, Wadi Azza and Nimeiriya in the southern Nabatieh area on Wednesday morning. Residents reported that Israeli drones continued to hover over the area and other areas of south Lebanon and its eastern Bekaa valley after the strikes.

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