Israel's military issued its first evacuation order for southern Lebanon since the June ceasefire framework, ordering residents of Mansouri to move north and conducting strikes on Tibnin that killed at least one person and wounded twelve, according to Lebanese health officials [1][4][28]. The Israel Defense Forces stated the strikes were a response to a blatant ceasefire violation by Hezbollah, with IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Ella Waweya telling Mansouri residents: "In light of Hezbollah's violations of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces are compelled to act against it with force. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move north" [6][7][13]. The strikes coincided with US-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome, where a senior Lebanese official said the session was unlikely to yield further Israeli pullbacks as the two sides remained split over disarming Hezbollah [20]. Israeli delegation head Yechiel Leiter requested the day's talks end early, citing what he described as misleading leaks from the Lebanese side, while a US State Department official said discussions would resume Thursday [13][21]. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the Rome talks, saying direct negotiations would bring Lebanon "nothing but shame, humiliation" and successive concessions [1][6][8]. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam countered that "the greatest help to Israel was provided by those who unilaterally drew Lebanon into the adventures of futile wars" [8][24]. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke with his Iranian counterpart, calling on Tehran to halt Hezbollah's operations and voicing hope the talks would yield concrete results [6][9]. A Haaretz investigation reported that the Israeli military is establishing a durable presence in southern Lebanon, constructing at least seven new military bases connected by logistical roads extending up to twelve kilometers inside Lebanese territory, creating a de facto security zone of nearly six hundred square kilometers [16]. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the US-backed Gaza withdrawal plan, stating that Israel did not approve the draft sent by President Donald Trump's team and insisting that Israeli forces would not withdraw from their current positions until Hamas is completely disarmed [12][15][25][33]. "The Trump administration sent us a draft. We did not agree. It is not our draft. We sent our comments," Netanyahu said [25][33]. Hamas countered that it would not surrender its weapons until Israel withdraws its forces and halts attacks, creating a deadlock over sequencing [15][18][40]. The Board of Peace, the international body created by Trump to oversee Gaza's post-war framework, issued a statement conditioning Israeli withdrawal beyond the "Yellow Line" on completed Hamas decommissioning — a reversal of its earlier position linking withdrawal and disarmament to a parallel, phased process [12][17]. Analysts attributed Netanyahu's posture to pressure from far-right coalition partners ahead of October elections, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir dismissing the deal as unacceptable and insisting that operations in Gaza must continue [22][27][35]. US lawmakers from both parties expressed skepticism about the plan's viability, with Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) saying "I'll believe it when I actually see it happening" and Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) noting Hamas's "long record of lying" [32]. Arab states including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the R-4 Group of Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye condemned Israeli violations in Gaza and East Jerusalem, calling for full implementation of the peace plan and a political path to a Palestinian state [3][23][36]. UN Deputy Relief Chief Joyce Msuya warned the Security Council that famine in Gaza is a human-made catastrophe, as Gaza's Health Ministry reported the overall death toll exceeding 73,377 Palestinians [25][34].