Netanyahu Says Israeli Forces Advanced North Of Lebanon’s Litani River Near Nabatieh

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces have advanced north of the Litani River near Nabatieh, as fighting continued across Lebanon and Israeli attacks reportedly left dozens of civilians killed or wounded on Friday.

“Prospects for a US-Iran agreement to end the conflict remained uncertain on Friday, with President Donald Trump saying he would make a “final determination” on a deal, while Iranian officials stressed that no understanding had yet been reached”

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Friday left dozens more civilians reportedly killed or wounded, while the Israeli military said it intercepted several projectiles launched from Lebanon and that another landed near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel.

Al Jazeera

The Al Jazeera update also said Netanyahu’s move came amid ongoing Israel-Lebanon talks and could be followed by further strikes on Beirut and the western Bekaa Valley.

In parallel, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty account said Israeli operations in southern Lebanon intensified on May 30 as the army issued evacuation warnings for residents of seven villages after Netanyahu said Israeli forces had advanced beyond the Litani River despite a cease-fire that officially took effect on April 17.

While the Lebanon front moved, President Donald Trump said he would make a “final determination” on a deal with Iran, and Al Jazeera said prospects for a US-Iran agreement to end the conflict remained uncertain on Friday.

Al Jazeera also quoted Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying Tehran would judge any agreement by actions rather than words and that no steps would be taken unless Washington acted first.

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TRT World said Trump had not made a decision on a proposed deal during a two-hour meeting with aides at the White House, and it quoted Trump saying, "I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,".

In the same TRT World account, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X, "We place no trust in guarantees or words; only actions matter. No step will be taken before the other side acts first," as the talks continued.

The stakes for Lebanon and the region were tied in the sources to both the Iran negotiations and the security track between Israel and Lebanon, with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty saying Israeli and Lebanese military delegations held talks at the Pentagon within a new US-backed “security track.”

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that the Pentagon described the discussions as "productive" and said they would feed into a State Department-led political track next week, while also noting that a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah was supposed to have taken effect on April 17 but had never been observed.

On the Iran side, the M.E war updates account said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a Reagan Economic Forum event that the United States had seized $1 billion of Iranian cryptocurrency money, and it quoted Bessent saying, “Just outright grabbed the wallets,”.

That same M.E war updates account said the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told IRNA that “message exchanges between Iran and the U.S. continue, but no final agreement has been reached,” as Netanyahu said Israeli forces had “crossed the Litani” and continued to trade attacks with Hezbollah.