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KEY WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
- Transition to Close-Quarters Combat: The reporting period marked a severe escalation with Israeli mechanized forces pushing into Khiyam, Ayta ash Shab, and Kfarchouba, resulting in intense zero-distance infantry engagements and ATGM ambushes.
- Systematic Financial Decapitation: Early-week operations heavily prioritized the eradication of Hezbollah's financial infrastructure, with sweeping airstrikes destroying Al-Qard Al-Hassan branches across Beirut's Southern Suburbs, the South, and the Bekaa.
- First Responder Casualties: A deeply concerning trend emerged with direct strikes on medical facilities and emergency personnel, including the deaths of Civil Defense and Red Cross members in Ain Ebel.
- Pervasive Aerial Assassinations: The IAF maintained total surveillance dominance, leveraging UAVs to conduct high-frequency targeted assassinations against moving vehicles and motorcycles across the southern governorates.