Smoke over southern Lebanese village as Israel retaliates against Hezbollah attacks

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Kfar Tebnit, southern Lebanon - 5 June 2026

1. Various of smoke from Israeli shelling over Kfar Tebnit, UPSOUND explosion

2. Plumes of smoke rising in distance over the village of Choukine following Israeli strikes

3. Various of Beaufort Castle with Israeli flag raised over the castle next to flag of Israeli military Golani Brigade

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Thick smoke billowed over the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tebnit on Friday as Israel retaliated against Hezbollah attacks.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire, with the aim of continuing talks later this month for a comprehensive peace deal.

The U.S.-brokered agreement - announced in a joint statement by the U.S., Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday - came after Israeli forces made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter century.

The fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south, threatens efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit point for oil and gas. Its closure has jolted the world economy.

Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces elections later this year, wants to press ahead with Israel’s offensive until Iran-backed Hezbollah no longer poses a threat.

After Hezbollah’s rocket and drone attacks resumed, Israeli troops seized around a fifth of Lebanon, pushing further into the country’s south than at any time since the end of Israel’s 1982-2000 occupation.

AP video shot by Fadi Tawil

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