Day 93 of US-Israel War on Iran: Despite Ceasefire, Israel Captures Strategic Mountain in Southern Lebanon

The Israeli attacks came despite a nominal ceasefire that has been in place since April 17.

The Wire Staff

The Israeli attacks came despite a nominal ceasefire that has been in place since April 17.

day 93 of us israel war on iran despite ceasefire israel captures strategic mountain in southern lebanon

Residents and workers clear debris from an apartment building damaged in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Choueifat, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, May 29, 2026. Photo: AP/PTI

New Delhi: The war in West Asia triggered by the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran reached day 93 on Sunday (May 31). Israeli military said on Sunday that troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter century.

The Israeli attacks came despite a nominal ceasefire that has been in place since April 17.

Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam has slammed Israel as the country’s forces continue to expand their ground invasion in Lebanon despite the ceasefire.

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