Two Hezbollah drones crossed into Israeli territory on Saturday evening — the first such intrusion since the brief hostilities with Iran earlier this week — as an Israeli assessment warns the organization will attempt to challenge the ceasefire before the US-Iran deal is signed, according to reports by Moriah Asraf (N13 / Army Radio) and Amit Segal (N12).
At 20:51 on Saturday, a second wave of two Hezbollah drones crossed into Israeli territory — the third and fourth drone penetration of the evening — just minutes after a single drone had entered a military zone near the border (20:33, as first reported by The Zioneer). The pattern confirms what Israeli security assessments, cited by Amit Segal (N12) at 20:49, had warned of: Hezbollah is attempting to challenge the November ceasefire on the eve of the anticipated US‑Iran memorandum of understanding, expected to be signed Sunday.
As The Zioneer reported at 20:33 and 20:49, the intrusions unfolded in two distinct waves. At 20:33, Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio) reported the first drone breach — the first since the brief round of hostilities with Iran earlier this week. At 20:49, Segal's assessment described an organized Hezbollah probe designed to test whether Israel would retaliate (including a threatened strike on the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut) or absorb the breach to avoid complicating the emerging deal. The second pair of incursions, reported at 20:51, validates that warning within minutes.
The assessments and intrusions are set against a wider diplomatic backdrop: as The Zioneer reported on June 12, Iran received US confirmation that Lebanon would be included in the emerging deal, and Trump and Netanyahu have held multiple calls to manage Israeli security concerns (reported June 12). IDF ground advances in southern Lebanon — near Tebeit and Majdal Zoun — have continued in parallel, suggesting operational pressure on the ground even as the diplomatic timeline accelerates.
No casualties or interceptions have been reported in either incident. The IDF has not yet issued a detailed statement on the evening's breaches. It remains unclear whether the weekend's intrusions will trigger the previously threatened retaliation, and whether the anticipated US‑Iran signing will proceed as planned Sunday.
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