Overview
- Hezbollah said it launched advanced missiles and drones at a military site south of Haifa in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
- Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, including Beirut’s southern suburbs, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 31 dead and 149 wounded.
- The IDF warned residents in roughly 50 towns and villages in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate as operations expanded.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and President Joseph Aoun condemned launches from Lebanese territory, asserting that decisions on war rest with the state.
- Israeli commanders vowed to intensify strikes and hold Hezbollah responsible for escalation, as mass displacement was reported from Beirut’s Dahiyeh and the south.