Overview
- The Israeli military said it advanced to additional positions across the border as a “forward defense” to protect northern communities, while UNIFIL observed Israeli crossings before returns and Lebanon’s army repositioned.
- Israel ordered residents to leave more than 80 villages in southern Lebanon and warned civilians to evacuate targeted areas of Beirut before fresh strikes.
- Lebanese authorities updated the toll to 40 killed and 246 wounded since Monday, and the social affairs minister said 58,064 people are registered in shelters.
- Hezbollah claimed drone and rocket attacks on Israel’s Ramat David airbase, the Meron monitoring site and the Naffakh base, framing them as retaliation for Israeli bombardment and the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
- Israel said it hit Hezbollah command hubs and media offices in Beirut and announced strikes that killed senior figures including Hussein Makled and Reza Khazai, claims not confirmed by Hezbollah.