On Friday, September 13, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered that the safe return of northern Israel's residents to their homes be added to the war's objectives. In the weeks that followed, Israel began Operation Northern Arrows, focusing on destroying and degrading Hezbollah's terror infrastructure and its key commanders. The bulk of the IDF's forces gradually moved from Gaza to southern Lebanon, where the IDF stressed that it is carrying out a limited and targeted ground operation against Hezbollah.The initial live updates article, which followed the start of Northern Arrows, can be found here.
On Friday, September 27, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was eliminated in a large airstrike on a Hezbollah facility in Beirut. On Wednesday, October 16, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was eliminated in Rafah, in what signaled the beginning of the end of the war in Gaza.
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