Muntasser Abdallah

Israeli aircraft also carried out strikes in western Bekaa this morning, according to our correspondent in the region, Sarah Abdallah. The first strike hit the Abu Rashed heights. Israeli aviation then bombed the Zelaya River area, as well as the Jabbour heights near Meydoun.

L'OLJ / By Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah ABDALLAH, Justine Baer, 18 June 2026 09h49, updated at 09:49 What you need to know Trump and Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday evening, paving the way for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and 60 days of negotiations aimed at ending the war between both countries. Clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continue around the strategic Ali Taher hill, south of Nabatieh.

At 6:30 a.m., an Israeli booby-trapped drone crashed in an open area near the Hussein Taleb restaurant in Ansarieh, in the Saida district, causing only material damage. Earlier, around 5 a.m., Israeli artillery struck the vicinity of the Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital in Nabatieh, hitting, among other sites, the building of the Taqaddom al-Mara charitable association.