Situation in southern Lebanon as of April 13, 2026 - Central sector:

Over the last week, Israeli forces significantly intensified their offensive in the central sector, aimed at encircling the town of Rmaych and capturing the strategic city of Bint Jbeil.

In the east, the IDF expanded their foothold in eastern Aainata, clearing the central and western parts of the town, and engaging in fierce clashes with Hezbollah who continuously shelled Israeli positions with rockets and struck Israeli armoured vehicles with FPV drones.

Israeli forces were able to then enter the northern neighbourhoods of Bint Jbeil from the north, while simultaneously breaking through from the south, clearing the western and northern streets, and encircling Hezbollah cells in the city centre, southern and eastern neighbourhoods. Fighting is now ongoing for the very dense old city, where Israeli forces managed to clear the northwestern blocks, and are now fighting for the rest of the city centre. Advances operations are also taking place in the northeastern streets of the city.

Furthermore, the IDF advanced northwest from Yaroun to the town of Ain Ebel, capturing its eastern streets and expanding the blockade around Bint Jbeil.

In the west, Israeli forces advanced east from Qouzah and captured the village of Debl, before turning south and clearing the neighbouring town of Hanine. This advance effectively encircles the town of Rmyach, which largely remains under Hezbollah control. Israeli forces are also carrying out attacks southeast from Ayta ash Shab towards the northwestern outskirts of Rmyach.

Further northwest, the IDF cleared the remaining parts of northern Beit Lif and broke through northeast across the valley into the neighbouring town of Rchaf, which was subsequently captured. From there, they advanced north and captured the town of Srebbine, from which they are infiltrating northwest into Yater, while other forces moved northeast to the outskirts of Haddatha.

+ ~21.12 km² in favour of the IDF.

Interactive map link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=117K6_EiFdWYEK7LQKHjRSsjsHK7xVN8&ll=33.132269609333946%2C35.51827932442546&z=13

The IDF has since confirmed my map update showing the encirclement of Bint Jbeil.

Here's a closer up view of the current situation in Bint Jbeil, which the IDF recently encircled.

The yellow outline represents the city limits, while the red outline represents the dense old city.

Unidentified missile in Sumy Oblast

2 missiles

Approaching Sumy City from the north

Explosion on the outskirts of Sumy

another missile to Sumy

Flying in from the northeast. 5 km away

4th missile to Sumy. These are likely Tornado-S rockets.

These were Tornado-S rockets. 4 have been used so far, striking at least three separate targets north of Sumy City near Stetskivka, Velyka Chernechchyna, and Pishchane.

I apologise for the delay,
March Km2 figure (net territory)

*Remember this is a net figure of Ukrainian territory.
If Ukraine gains on one axis, and Russia gains on another, it will cancel each other out.
Ukraine had success down in the south, whilst Russia pushed harder in the north

Every single March since the onset of the attritional setting for this war in early 2023 has been a low month for territorial gains. This is mainly due to poor weather conditions and the mud season, but Ukraine's "drone wall" tactics have made advances even more difficult for Russia. Expect advances to speed up in the near future.

Today (April 13), Hezbollah published a total of 75 statements regarding recent operations targeting Israel and the IDF in Israel and southern Lebanon, up from 60 on April 12.

This brings their total stated operations since the beginning of the war to 1,786, with an average of 41.53 per day since March 2.

Note: Hezbollah only announces a small fraction of the total operations carried out against the IDF, and often combines multiple attacks into one statement. This graph only counts total Hezbollah statements.

Unidentified missile in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Kh-59/69 cruise missile

Flying west past Synelnykove to Dnipro

Approaching Dnipro from the southeast.

Disappeared southeast of Dnipro