Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal reported on Monday that the IDF has halted offensive operational activities against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Two IDF soldiers from two separate units operating along Israel’s northern border told Segal: “All activity has ceased, including searching homes suspected of being used to store weapons. Such sites are now being targeted only with fire from a distance rather than through direct raids.”

The soldiers added: “Shiite residents have returned to the villages they had previously avoided returning to, and IDF forces have been instructed not to take action against them.”