{"id":278791,"date":"2026-09-05T06:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/278791\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T06:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:23:11","slug":"israel-claims-operational-control-of-lebanons-ali-taher-a-rare-flashpoint-after-the-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/278791\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel claims &#8216;operational control&#8217; of Lebanon&#8217;s Ali Taher, a rare flashpoint after the ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel claimed \u2018operational control\u2019 of Lebanon\u2019s Ali Taher and a network of tunnels beneath it, in a rare flashpoint after the ceasefire. Israel\u2019s military said Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran, had used the tunnels to shelter its fighters, and weapons, and had repeatedly attacked Israeli forces in the area with drones. It is unclear how far Israel\u2019s control extends. There has been no official statement from Hezbollah since Israel\u2019s announcement. (AP video shot by: Malak Harb)<\/p>\n<p>Israel claimed \u2018operational control\u2019 of Lebanon\u2019s Ali Taher and a network of tunnels beneath it, in a rare flashpoint after the ceasefire. Israel\u2019s military said Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran, had used the tunnels to shelter its fighters, and weapons, and had repeatedly attacked Israeli forces in the area with drones. It is unclear how far Israel\u2019s control extends. There has been no official statement from Hezbollah since Israel\u2019s announcement. (AP video shot by: Malak Harb)<\/p>\n<p>                    Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<br \/>\n                    \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Add AP News on Google <\/p>\n<p>        Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/p>\n<p>            Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel claimed \u2018operational control\u2019 of Lebanon\u2019s Ali Taher and a network of tunnels beneath it, in a rare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[719,76011,1105,2087,197,100,76012,1829,196,37,199,93,13862,25288,1415,20197,768,1401,29066,200],"class_list":["post-278791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","tag-ali-taher-exlpainer","tag-crime","tag-drone-warfare","tag-general-news","tag-hezbollah","tag-ihab-hamadeh","tag-international-agreements","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-israel-government","tag-lebanon","tag-mahmoud-qamati","tag-malak-harb","tag-media-api-video","tag-michel-issa","tag-military-and-defense","tag-military-technology","tag-tarek-mitri","tag-war-and-unrest"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117217001811668289","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278791","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=278791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}