HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders left tackle Kolton Miller was placed on injured reserve because of an ankle injury, the club announced Tuesday, a move that deprives Las Vegas of its best offensive lineman for at least four games.
Miller has a high ankle sprain, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Raiders had not provided a medical update.
A CT scan also showed that Miller suffered a hairline fracture, according to NFL Network.
Miller was injured with 43 seconds left in the Raiders' 25-24 loss to Chicago on Sunday.
It's a significant loss for an offensive line that struggled the first three weeks before playing its best game against the Bears.
Stone Forsythe, who started 14 games over his first four seasons in Seattle, is Miller's backup. Las Vegas also could go with rookie Charles Grant when the Raiders visit Indianapolis on Sunday. Grant was drafted in the third round but has not been activated this season.
“Stone’s played a lot of football and has done a nice job for us since he’s been here, and he would be the first choice,” coach Pete Carroll said Monday. “But this is an opportunity for Charles to make a charge for it, and we’ll see how he does.”
The Raiders signed free agent tackle Leroy Watson IV. They also signed tight end Carter Runyon from the practice squad to the active roster.
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FILE - Las Vegas Raiders offensive tackle Kolton Miller (74) blocks against the Los Angeles Chargers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, saying they are home to infrastructure for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
The strikes came a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.
The strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.
The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.
The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.
Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.
The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.
The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.
The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.
Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.
Lebanese fire fighter extinguish a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Rescue workers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
