{"id":208188,"date":"2026-07-15T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/208188\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:09","slug":"israeli-strikes-continue-in-south-lebanon-despite-us-brokered-talks-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/208188\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strikes continue in South Lebanon despite US-brokered talks &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-07-15T15:45:12+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Beirut<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces carried out explosions and artillery shelling across<br \/>\nsouthern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to local media, hours after Beirut-Tel<br \/>\nAviv talks on proposed pilot zones concluded in Rome. <\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces detonated explosives in Kounine in the Bint Jbeil<br \/>\ndistrict, Al-Qantara in the Marjayoun district, and Kfartebnit in the Nabatieh<br \/>\ndistrict. Israeli drones also flew at low altitude over Tyre and surrounding<br \/>\nareas before continuing toward Beirut and its southern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli artillery shelled Aita Al-Jabal and fired phosphorus rounds<br \/>\nbetween Braachit and Beit Yahoun, sparking large fires. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the US Embassy in Beirut <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Lebanon-Israel-talks-in-Rome-end-with-pilot-zones-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> Lebanon and Israel had<br \/>\nagreed on the structure and operational guidelines for proposed pilot zones in<br \/>\nsouthern Lebanon following two days of negotiations in Rome, without specifying<br \/>\ntheir locations. Under a US-brokered framework signed on June 26, Israel agreed<br \/>\nto withdraw from designated pilot zones before the Lebanese Army deploys there<br \/>\nas part of a phased withdrawal. Israeli forces, however, have yet to leave<br \/>\nthose areas, while military operations in Lebanon have continued.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously identified<br \/>\nZawtar Al-Gharbiya and Froun as the first two locations in the pilot phase.<br \/>\nFroun&#8217;s municipal council, however, had rejected the proposal, arguing that the<br \/>\ntown is neither under Israeli occupation nor located along the so-called Yellow<br \/>\nLine.<\/p>\n<p>Renewing its position on Wednesday, the council described the<br \/>\nproposed pilot zones as a measure that would &#8220;serve the enemy&#8221; by<br \/>\nprolonging Israel&#8217;s presence in Lebanese territory. It reaffirmed its support<br \/>\nfor the positions of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement \u2014both of which have<br \/>\nrepeatedly rejected the talks\u2014 as well as Lebanon&#8217;s national priorities,<br \/>\nincluding the liberation of the remaining occupied Lebanese territory and the<br \/>\npreservation of national unity.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lebanon&#8217;s Health Ministry, more than 4,300 people have<br \/>\nbeen killed and 12,200 injured in Israeli attacks on the country since March 2,<br \/>\nincluding women and children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-07-15T15:45:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Beirut Israeli forces carried out explosions and artillery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[6448,37,60852,93],"class_list":["post-208188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-hostilities","tag-israel","tag-israeli-strikes-continue-in-south-lebanon-despite-us-brokered-talks","tag-lebanon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116924909077273563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}