El gabinete de seguridad de Israel se reunió este miércoles para evaluar la posibilidad de una tregua en el frente libanés, en medio de la ofensiva intensificada contra el grupo terrorista Hezbollah y las gestiones diplomáticas de Estados Unidos para impulsar un acuerdo, según reportaron Reuters, Times of Israel, The Guardian y Jerusalem Post.

El primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu ratificó la continuidad de las operaciones militares en el sur del Líbano y la determinación de Israel para restringir cualquier presencia de Hezbollah entre la frontera y el río Litani.

Fuentes diplomáticas libanesas y funcionarios israelíes confirmaron a Reuters y The Jerusalem Post que la administración de Donald Trump ha estado presionando a Israel para que acepte una tregua temporal en Líbano, con el objetivo de crear espacio para negociaciones de paz.

El gabinete israelí finalizó la reunión sin tomar una decisión definitiva sobre el cese al fuego. Algunas fuentes dentro del gobierno de Netanyahu abogan por una mayor escalada, mientras que otros sectores, respaldados por Estados Unidos, consideran que una pausa táctica podría facilitar la salida diplomática al conflicto y reforzar la posición de Israel ante futuros acuerdos.

En paralelo, fuentes de Hezbollah y del gobierno libanés dijeron a Reuters que las gestiones para una tregua están en marcha, aunque se desconoce la fecha de inicio o la duración que tendría el cese de hostilidades.

Los funcionarios libaneses indicaron que el tiempo de la tregua podría estar vinculado a la vigencia del alto el fuego entre Estados Unidos e Irán, cuya extensión se negocia por separado.

Mientras tanto, el premier israelí aseguró en un mensaje grabado que las fuerzas israelíes continúan “golpeando a Hezbollah” y avanzan para “superar” la resistencia en la ciudad clave de Bint Jbeil, uno de los bastiones del grupo chiita en el sur.

Netanyahu afirmó que su instrucción a las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel es mantener y reforzar la “zona de seguridad” hasta el río Litani, a 30 kilómetros de la frontera, y evitar cualquier presencia de Hezbollah en ese sector.

“He ordenado que toda el área del sur del Líbano hasta el Litani se convierta en una zona prohibida para operativos de Hezbollah”, declaró el jefe del Estado Mayor, teniente general Eyal Zamir, durante una visita a las tropas desplegadas en territorio libanés.

Mientras tanto, en Washington, representantes de Israel y Líbano mantuvieron el martes un encuentro inédito de alto nivel, el primero entre ambos gobiernos en más de cuatro décadas. Netanyahu celebró las conversaciones y señaló: “Estas negociaciones no ocurrían desde hace más de 40 años. Suceden ahora porque somos muy fuertes y los países vienen a nosotros, no solo Líbano”.

Desde la Casa Blanca niegan haber exigido formalmente un cese al fuego, aunque reconocen que darían la bienvenida al fin de las hostilidades como parte de un eventual acuerdo de paz entre Israel y Líbano.

“Esto no es algo que hayamos pedido, ni es parte de las negociaciones de paz con Irán, pero el presidente daría la bienvenida al fin de las hostilidades en Líbano si es parte de un acuerdo”, indicó un alto funcionario estadounidense citado por Times of Israel.

La situación sobre el terreno sigue siendo volátil. El ejército israelí confirmó que cinco soldados resultaron heridos este miércoles durante un ataque con cohetes de Hezbollah en el sur del Líbano.

Hezbollah, por su parte, confirmó el lanzamiento de 40 cohetes hacia el norte de Israel durante la mañana, en respuesta a las incursiones y el avance israelí en el sur del país. El grupo también ha condenado públicamente la decisión del gobierno libanés de iniciar contactos con Israel y ha advertido sobre el riesgo de una mayor fractura interna en Líbano si se continúa con el proceso de negociación.

Irán, que respalda militar y financieramente a Hezbollah, ha exigido que la situación en Líbano forme parte de cualquier acuerdo más amplio para frenar la guerra en Medio Oriente. Washington, por su parte, rechaza que las negociaciones con Irán y Líbano estén formalmente conectadas, aunque reconoce el efecto dominó de los frentes abiertos en la región.

El Ministerio de Salud de Líbano informó que los ataques israelíes han causado al menos 2.100 muertes, más de 7.000 heridos y 1,2 millones de desplazados desde el inicio de la ofensiva. Por su parte, Israel reportó la muerte de 13 militares en Líbano y dos civiles por ataques de Hezbollah.

(Con información de Reuters)

Ukraine’s allies pledged a massive new military aid package Wednesday, including 120,000 drones from the U.K., after Russia launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles in fresh overnight strikes.

The commitments came as Kyiv warned of escalating Russian bombardments and urgently pressed for more air defenses.

Russia launched 324 drones and three ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said, part of a broader surge in aerial assaults, according to Reuters.

Russian strikes hit more than a half a dozen areas of Ukraine behind the front line on Tuesday and Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.

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Between November and March alone, Moscow fired roughly 27,000 Shahed-type drones, nearly 600 cruise missiles and 462 ballistic missiles, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

«Every day we need air defense missiles — every day Russia continues its strikes,» Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram.

The latest attacks struck multiple regions behind the front lines, killing an 8-year-old boy in the central Cherkasy region and injuring a woman in southern Zaporizhzhia, according to Ukrainian officials.

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Firefighters put out the fire in a multi-story apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 7, 2026. (Andrii Marienko/AP)

The war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has now stretched beyond three years.

Defense leaders from about 50 countries met virtually Wednesday to coordinate military aid and boost weapons production and especially air defense systems.

The session was led by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and British Defense Secretary John Healey, with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte also present. The United States was represented by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby.

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The remains of a Russian-made, Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone, known in Russia as a Geran-2, are displayed with other recovered drones, glide bombs, missiles and rockets in Kharkiv July 30, 2025. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Several countries also announced new contributions to Ukraine. Germany and Ukraine agreed on a 4 billion euro ($4.7 billion) defense package, while Norway pledged 9 billion euros (about $10.6 billion) in assistance.

The Netherlands said it will spend 248 million euros ($293 million) to produce drones for Ukraine. The United Kingdom pledged 120,000 drones.

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Russia pushed back on the expanded support, warning that European efforts to boost drone production for Ukraine risk deepening their involvement in the conflict.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the decision by European countries to supply drones to Ukraine was leading to an escalation of the military-political situation and a «creeping transformation» into Ukraine’s strategic support base, TASS reported.

FIRST ON FOX: Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is being asked not to release yet another criminal illegal immigrant as Northern Virginia, a major suburb of Washington, D.C., continues to be rocked by a migrant crime spree.

Fox News Digital has learned that the Department of Homeland Security has asked Spanberger and «sanctuary politicians» in Arlington, Virginia, to honor a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer on a Guatemalan illegal immigrant charged with attempted rape.

The illegal immigrant, Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, 28, faces charges of abduction of a person with intent to defile, sodomy by force or victim helplessness, and assault in connection with an attempted rape, according to DHS.

Local outlet ABC7 reported that Garcia Moran allegedly approached a woman waiting on a rideshare around 6 a.m. on Sunday and attempted to force himself on her. She attempted to escape multiple times but was grabbed, shoved against a wall, and assaulted. The outlet reported that two good Samaritans intervened to stop the assault but that the assailant escaped.

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Garcia Moran was arrested in connection to the assault and is being held without bond.

Since Arlington has several sanctuary policies limiting local cooperation with ICE, DHS said the agency lodged a detainer request with the Arlington County Jail to ensure that Garcia Moran is not released back into the community.  

DHS said that Garcia Moran entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown date. Citing Arlington County Court records, the agency said he has «at least» 25 prior charges dating back to 2020, including nine counts of being intoxicated in public, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer and several probation violations.

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger is serving in her first year as governor and is the first woman to hold the position in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Getty Images)

This comes as Spanberger is facing mounting pressure from ICE and local citizens to reverse her executive order limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities in the face of a slew of attacks and a sexual assault in nearby Fairfax County.

Recent crimes by illegal aliens in Fairfax County include multiple murders by stabbing, a baby killing and a string of gropings by an 18-year-old of minor girls at a high school. Illegal aliens committed 75 percent of the murders in Fairfax County thus far in 2026, according to DHS.

Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis charged that it is «Virginia’s sanctuary policies [that] allowed this illegal alien to go on a crime spree.»

«Despite prior arrests by law enforcement, this criminal was released from jail multiple times before he went on to commit this heinous rape,» said Bis. «We are calling on Arlington County sanctuary politicians and Governor Abigail Spanberger to commit to not releasing this criminal from jail back into our communities.»

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A photo of the Fairfax High School campus in Fairfax, Virginia from March 15, 2022. (L) A mugshot of Israel Flores Ortiz, accused of groping girls at Fairfax High School, taken in March 2025. (John M. Chase/Getty Images; Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office)

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She asked, «How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?»  

Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger’s office and Arlington County for comment.