The Israeli Defense Forces targeted a Hezbollah terrorist operative in the eastern Zawtar region of southern Lebanon over the past 58 minutes from 8:17 p.m. UTC on Jan. 15, 2026, according to an X post by @CaptainElla1. Israeli settlers moved caravans into a new outpost on the land of the Christian town of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the West Bank during the same period, as reported by X account @IhabHassane. European diplomatic missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a joint statement demanding accountability for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Ras Ein al-Auja, carried out by Israeli settlers with state backing, according to the same X account. The strike in Zawtar follows Israeli Air Force raids on six sites in Lebanon's Bekaa region near Hermel earlier on Jan. 15, as reported by X monitoring accounts during previous reporting windows.
