After nearly a year of
Israel–Hezbollah conflict from October 2023 due to Hezbollah shooting rockets at Israel to support Hamas in Gaza, Israel
assassinated Hezbollah head
Hassan Nasrallah in September 2024 and then
invaded Lebanon in October 2024. A November 2024
ceasefire agreement instructed Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, which Israel mostly did by February 2025, but against the agreement Israeli forces stayed in five military outposts on highlands in Southern Lebanon.