The Israel Defense Forces struck a Hezbollah operative in the coastal Lebanese city of Tyre a short while ago and is conducting an extensive excavation operation in Gaza City's al-Batash cemetery to locate abducted Israeli Ran Gueli, according to X posts by journalist Manny Fabian and a Telegram report by Nitzan Shpirer shared over the past 58 minutes between 12:47 p.m. and 1:46 p.m. UTC on January 26, 2026. Local sources reported a raid from the outskirts of Tyre targeting a car on Al Housh Tire Road in southern Lebanon, as stated by bintjbeil.org and the X account [[جنوب لبنان]]راصد العدو during this reporting window. The IDF announcement via Fabian did not specify further operational details. Palestinian sources cited by Al-Jazeera indicated IDF engineering tools are being used in the al-Batash cemetery in Gaza City's Tufah neighborhood, Al-Nakhil Street area, with Israeli vehicles observed nearby, per X post by الناشط حمزة المصري. This Tyre strike follows the elimination of Hezbollah artillery official Muhammad al-Husayni in Arzun village on January 25, 2026, as confirmed by Hezbollah and reported yesterday.
