FACT CHECK · LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH, UNIFIL, 2006 AND 2026
Claim: No red alerts in the north before this war began
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Largely true. From the 27 Nov 2024 truce to 1 Mar 2026 Hezbollah claimed one attack (2 Dec 2024, Mount Dov); Israel kept striking it. 5 Aug 2025: Lebanon ordered a disarmament plan. It refused.
SOURCE
Al-Monitor and Arab News/AFP, 5 Aug 2025; AP and FDD, 2 Dec 2024; ACAPS, Mar 2026
al-monitor.com · arabnews.com · fdd.org
al-monitor.com · arabnews.com · fdd.org
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- “Quiet before this war”
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