Katz tours Lebanon border with US envoy, briefs her on Hezbollah activities

By Emanuel Fabian

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26 October 2025, 4:49 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left), US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus (center), and Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, near the Lebanon border, October 26, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Israel Katz visited the Lebanon border earlier today with US envoy Morgan Ortagus, his office says.

Also joining the tour were US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, and other IDF and US Central Command officers.

Katz and Ortagus were briefed on Hezbollah’s activities in Lebanon, including efforts to rebuild its infrastructure, and the pair later toured the border and visited the border community of Misgav Am.

The tour took place as the IDF killed two Hezbollah operatives in strikes in Lebanon earlier today. Katz’s office says IDF commanders briefed the defense minister and the Mideast envoy on the strikes.