Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem reaffirmed that the group will not permit any Israeli presence in southern Lebanon. A truce agreement, reached on November 27, 2024, largely halted over a year of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Israel has maintained a presence in five strategic positions along the border, citing ongoing threats from Hezbollah. A Lebanese soldier and a civilian were wounded on Sunday by Israeli gunfire near the northern entrance of Kafr Kila village, according to official Lebanese sources. Another incident took place in the border village of Blida, where a small explosive device detonated, injuring a citizen who was collecting scrap metal, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The injured had been transported to a hospital in Nabatieh and his condition was stable, the NNA added. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the Health Ministry, confirmed that a citizen was critically injured by Israeli bullets in KafrKila. The NNA reported that a Lebanese army soldier was injured in the village of Fatima Gate.