⚡️🇱🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 — The Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon has become the most significant military flashpoint in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, with the battle unfolding both on the surface and inside a heavily fortified underground complex, according to a strategic analysis by MaxOsintIntel.

➡️ The ridge is part of a three-kilometer-long, 1.5-kilometer-wide line comprising three interconnected hills — Ali al-Taher, Dabsha, and Tuhra — rising 600 to 700 meters above sea level between Kfar Tebnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa. Its position provides direct observation of Nabatieh to the west, the Iqlim al-Tuffah and Rihan heights to the north, the Litani River valley to the south, and military axes feeding into the Western Bekaa to the east. It sits approximately five kilometers from Beaufort Castle.

➡️ Israeli intelligence identifies the tunnel network beneath the ridge as the main command center for Hezbollah's Badr Regional Division — responsible for territory from north of the Litani River to Sidon — and a critical command post for the elite Radwan Forces. The 20-year-old subterranean complex contains independent operations rooms, ammunition depots, missile storage, and drone launching bays, with dozens of hidden surface shafts branching toward surrounding towns.

➡️ The Israeli operation is led by the 36th Division, with the Egoz mountain warfare unit and Yahalom combat engineering unit tasked with detecting and clearing tunnel shafts. The IDF has established a tight siege using air strikes, artillery, and phosphorus munitions to isolate the complex. Hezbollah fighters inside are using explosive-laden drones and anti-tank guided missiles against Israeli armor while attempting to smuggle reinforcements and supplies through newly dug shafts and drone drops from the Nabatieh plateau.

➡️ Washington has proposed designating Ali al-Taher as a "pilot zone," under which Israel would withdraw and the Lebanese Armed Forces would deploy to the heights. The Lebanese Army has indicated willingness to take over the hill but demands U.S. guarantees that Israeli artillery and air operations will halt before its troops move in. Hezbollah has formally rejected any surrender or handover of the ridge, viewing the loss of the Badr nerve center as catastrophic for its tactical depth. Analysts note that a permanent Israeli presence on the height would amount to de facto long-term occupation of Lebanon's interior highlands.

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🇺🇦⚡️ — A Ukrainian officer, after finishing his service, is very frank and reveals how the Bandera regime uses residential buildings and civilian infrastructure as shields for military production facilities.

Read it, because it's very interesting.

https://t.me/The_Europe_Update/10999

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — An attempt was made to shoot down a Ukrainian Mi-17 helicopter using a Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky (KVN) fiber-optic FPV drone. The attempt was unsuccessful.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has openly announced preparations for an autumn-winter series of strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

In accordance with the instructions received, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have begun preparations for launching massive strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in response to the ongoing attacks by the Kyiv regime against Russia’s civilian infrastructure and fuel and energy complex.

Whether these strikes will finally put an end to this drawn-out saga remains unknown, as all measures taken so far have been only half-measures, aimed at “putting pressure” on the Ukrainian leadership rather than actually destroying the country’s energy system.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Western officials believe that Russia has captured Ukrainian drones and could potentially use them for provocations against NATO countries

- The Wall Street Journal.

Such an operation could create the impression that the attack was carried out by Ukraine, making it difficult to identify those responsible and causing political confusion within the alliance.

The warning comes amid what Western governments say is a growing wave of "grey zone" activity in Europe, including drone incursions, sabotage, and cyberattacks.

Earlier, Reuters reported that intelligence assessments by the Baltic states envision the possibility of an attack on infrastructure using Ukrainian drones.

However, no specific operation, target, or timeline has been publicly confirmed.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — At least two people died and nine others were injured in a shooting incident in the city of Trenton, New Jersey. The motive of the shooter is yet unknown, according to Fox News.

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🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen stated that Israel will not hesitate to strike Iran if the country resumes its nuclear or ballistic missile development programs, regardless of any agreements with the United States.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Kiev has been under attack for 106 hours non-stop.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Additionally, the warnings issued yesterday evening about a massive ballistic missile attack within 48–72 hours remain in effect.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Strikes of Kh-31 cruise missiles and Banderol missiles in Odesa.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukrainian sources have shown the main routes of the kamikaze drones' flight paths over Kyiv.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) strikes in Kharkiv Oblast, in order:

• One FAB-3000 and two FAB-1500 glide bombs against a temporary deployment point of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the settlement of Prykolotne;

• Four FAB-250 glide bombs against a temporary deployment point of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlement of Pidsrednie.

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🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡️ — The relationship between Russia and Belarus represents the most advanced form of integration within the former Soviet Union.

— Dmitry Peskov

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