The Prime Minister's Office confirmed on December 19, 2025, that Israel's deputy head of the Military Liaison Administration for foreign policy participated, with Prime Minister approval and under Dr. Yosef Draznin's direction, in the American-sponsored international ceasefire monitoring mechanism meeting with Lebanon in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. The session advanced security discussions on Lebanese army disarmament of Hezbollah and economic ventures for border security. The Prime Minister's Office statement, reported by Amichai Stein of the political channel, described the Naqoura meeting as a continuation of efforts to ensure Hezbollah's disarmament and mutual interests in removing the terror threat, following the session's conclusion around 10:45 AM UTC earlier that morning as noted by Lebanese media and Israeli sources. Separately, during the three-hour reporting window from 11:16 AM to 2:16 PM UTC, the IDF disclosed details of Hezbollah's covert maritime terror network operating under civilian cover and overseen by Hassan Nasrallah, according to an IDF statement on X. The IDF revelation stemmed from the interrogation of terrorist Imad Amahz, detained approximately one year ago during Operation Behind the Back, which disrupted Hezbollah's sensitive maritime programs at a critical stage, per the IDF account. These developments occur amid ongoing Israel-Lebanon ceasefire enforcement, including prior IDF operations in southern Lebanese villages disclosed earlier on December 19.
