The Israeli occupation army expanded the scope of its operations in an attempt to cut off the coastal road south of Tyre at the Al-Bayada point, and isolate the Naqoura area and its surroundings, along a 9-kilometer stretch on the far southern coast, from the Lebanese interior, in parallel with attempts to advance on the Khiyam front, and mobilize in the central sector in preparation for an incursion into the interior of the city of Bint Jbeil.

The Israeli occupation army launched a new ground attack from the towns of Tyre Harfa and Shamaa, located south of Tyre, to the west in an attempt to reach the seashore at the point of Bayada, a path of 5 kilometers. Lebanese sources following the military operations taking place in the south said that the attack did not succeed in reaching the hill overlooking the coastal road known as the Tyre-Naqoura road, adding that the Israeli forces were exposed to a barrage of anti-tank missiles, which resulted in the burning of 3 tanks, one of which was in the vicinity of the site of the Italian battalion affiliated with UNIFIL in the town of Shamaa.

The sources said that reaching the sea point "will mean that the Israeli army will tighten the noose around the party fighters who are still in the interior forests east of Naqoura between Hamoul and Labbouneh." They pointed out that the Israeli army "is combing the front on both sides starting from its advance positions," referring to combing the southern side located in Hamoul and the valleys extending to the border, and the second from the direction of Zebqin, Qleileh, Majdal Zun and Beyout al-Siyad, reaching east towards the Yatar forests and the mountains of al-Batm.

The sources said that the Israeli artillery "did not stop shelling the Lebanese interior with incendiary shells, and targeted the mountains of Batm, Majdal Zun, and Zebqin, reaching Al-Bazouriyeh inside Lebanese territory," which was confirmed by the official "National News Agency", which spoke of shelling with phosphorous the outskirts of Zebqin, Al-Qalila, and Majdal Zun, in an attempt to advance towards Al-Bayada.

Hezbollah, for its part, announced that its fighters had shelled a gathering of Israeli army forces on the southern outskirts of the town of Shama with artillery shells. It also announced that another gathering on the southern outskirts of the town of Bayada had been shelled with a rocket salvo.

In the eastern sector, Israeli forces renewed attempts to penetrate the border town of Khiyam from the eastern and southern sides. Al-Manar TV, the mouthpiece of Hezbollah, reported “the intensification of air strikes and the continuation of artillery shelling on the center and outskirts of the southern and eastern outskirts of Khiyam city,” noting that “the sounds of machine guns in the southern and eastern outskirts confirm that no breakthrough has been achieved in the targeted center for 72 hours,” adding that fighters are facing attempts to penetrate into the city, in addition to “rocket attacks from outside the city on Israeli support and reinforcement movements coming from Wazzani, Ain Arab, and Mazraat Sarda.”

While Khiyam was subjected to phosphorous artillery shelling and airstrikes, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted Israeli gatherings at the Al-Omra Gate on the southern outskirts of Khiyam City, and on its eastern outskirts, with rocket salvos.

After taking control of the border strip on the villages of Al-Hafa, the Israeli army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, appeared on a media tour in the south, and said that he took pictures of himself in the towns of Adaisseh and Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.

At the same time, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers on the southern and northern outskirts of the town of Maroun al-Ras, three times during Tuesday.

Rocket attack

In addition, Israeli raids continued deep inside Lebanon, and Hezbollah continued to launch rockets towards the Israeli interior.

The party said that its fighters launched “an air attack with a squadron of suicide drones on the Ramat David base (a major air base in the north that includes combat squadrons) 50 km from the Lebanese border, southeast of the city of Haifa.” It also indicated that its fighters launched “an air attack with a squadron of suicide drones on the Beit Lid base (a military base that includes training camps for the Nahal and Paratroopers Brigades) 90 km from the Lebanese border, east of the city of Netanya.”

He also said that his fighters targeted the "Glilot" base (headquarters of Military Intelligence Unit 8200) 110 km from the Lebanese border, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, with a salvo of high-quality missiles. He announced the targeting of 5 border settlements in the north, and the downing of a "Hermes 450" reconnaissance plane and another aircraft.

In contrast, the Israeli army announced in a statement that it had "eliminated the commander of the medium-range missile system belonging to the Hezbollah organization."

He stated in a statement that “Air Force warplanes carried out an attack on Monday in Kfarjouz in southern Lebanon, under the direction of the Military Intelligence Service and the Northern Region Command, and eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s medium-range missile system, Ali Tawfiq Duwaik.”

The statement added that Dweik "had been in charge of the medium-range missile system since September 2024, succeeding the previous commander of the system who was eliminated, and was responsible for launching more than 300 missiles towards the territory of the State of Israel, including the Haifa area and the center of the country."