Editors moved from the blast at Ali al-Taher to its accounting. Israeli outlets detailed 1,100 tons of explosives, tunnel footage and claims of 48 Hezbollah fighters inside, eight killed, with Netanyahu declaring the fortress destroyed and reports of next targets and death-trap maps. Questions followed over Hezbollah's silence and whether the army would deploy to the hill, as Israel floated holding the heights along a grey line.
Diplomacy was described as frozen: Rome talks pushed to October after the Paris army-support conference, with U.S. envoy moves and Schenker cited saying no framework decision before Israeli elections, while Katz conditioned any withdrawal on disarmament.
That condition dominated Beirut coverage as pressure to disarm north of Litani, linkage of army aid to disarmament, an Amal-Hezbollah partnership statement and Iranian minister Araghchi's meeting with Berri. Separately, the port blast file neared indictment, with the prosecution review due to Judge Bitar Tuesday.