Israeli Forces Raid Kfar Shuba Farm as Katz Vows Lebanon Push Goes On
Israeli troops pushed into Kfar Shuba in south Lebanon as Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed the offensive will go on despite the Washington framework.
BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — September 25, 2026. Israeli forces pushed into the outskirts of Kfar Shuba in southern Lebanon’s Hasbaya district on Friday, surrounding a farm where shepherds were present, while Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted the Lebanon offensive will continue until Hezbollah is cleared south of the Litani River despite a U.S.-brokered framework announced in Washington.
Lebanon’s National News Agency said an Israeli force entered the Sadana area on Kfar Shuba’s edge and ringed a farm belonging to the family of Ghazi Nabaa. Soldiers opened fire around the property and artillery shells landed nearby. In the same district, machine-gun fire and vehicle movements were reported toward Arqoub and the outskirts of Hebbariye. Farther west in Nabatieh district, an Israeli drone struck between Kfar Tibnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, with intermittent artillery on Kfar Tibnit’s outskirts. The pattern matches months of shallow raids, drone strikes and artillery that Lebanese authorities say have killed thousands and displaced more than a million since the current offensive widened.
Katz’s messaging after the latest Washington talks was unambiguous. He described the ceasefire-linked declaration of principles as conditional on removing Hezbollah fighters from southern Lebanon and on language condemning Iranian involvement. Army spokesman Avichay Adraee said operations targeting Hezbollah facilities in and near southern villages remain ongoing. Beirut and allied media reject the premise that the “framework formula” of late June authorizes open-ended Israeli advances; they note Israeli forces already hold positions deeper than at any time since 2000 in some sectors and continue to occupy older enclaves as well.
The Friday Kfar Shuba raid sits at the seam of diplomacy and ground truth. Washington wants a sequenced withdrawal-for-deployment deal that puts the Lebanese Armed Forces south of the Litani while Hezbollah’s arsenal is constrained. Israel wants kinetic freedom until that outcome is irreversible. Shepherds under fire on a border farm are the human residue of that gap. Until both capitals accept the same map of “done,” nights of artillery and mornings of farm raids will keep rewriting the Washington communiqué in practice.
Sources
- Anadolu Agency: Israeli forces carry out incursion into Kfar Shuba in southern Lebanon, surrounding farm with shepherds
- The Express Tribune: Israeli army prepares for new phase of fighting in southern Lebanon: report
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