Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border:
* Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at a deployment of Israeli soldiers west of the "al-Raheb" site, facing the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil district), at 6 p.m.
* Sirens were activated in the northern Israeli town of Shtula, according to Haaretz. The Israeli newspaper added that "sirens sounded in Northern Israel over a "suspected hostile aircraft intrusion" for the 10th time today. Hezbollah launched 10 different strikes today, according to the party's statements.
* The Amal-affiliated al-Risala Scout Association announced that it participated in "debris removal operations and opening of roads" after an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the village of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil).
Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border:
* Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the village of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district), residents told our correspondent in the south. No casualties have been reported yet.
* Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Shebaa and Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya), according to residents.
* Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at the Israeli site of "al-Samaqa" in the disputed Kfar Shuba heights at 5:20 p.m.
* The Israeli army announced that a "drone launched from Lebanon fell near the northern Israeli town of Margaliot," according to Haaretz. Earlier today, Hezbollah announced two drone strikes against Israeli positions.
* The Israeli newspaper also reported that "sirens sounded in northern Israel over a suspected aircraft infiltration for the ninth time" today. Simultaneously, sirens sounded in the city of Kiryat Shmona, the newspaper added.
Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border:
* Israeli shelling targeted the outskirts of Naqoura and Alma al-Shaab (Sour district), residents told our correspondent in the south.
* Hezbollah announced that it fired artillery shells at the headquarters of the Israeli Liman Battalion, facing Naqoura (Sour district), at 4 p.m.
* Hezbollah also said that it targeted at 4:10 p.m. a position of Israeli soldiers at the "Baghdadi" site, facing the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil), with a drone.
* The party also claimed that it destroyed the "new spy equipment raised on a crane" at the "Hadab Yarine" Israeli site, opposite to the Lebanese village of Yarine (Sour), at 4:45 p.m.
* Sirens sounded in the village of Matat in northern Israel, facing the Lebanese village of Rmeish, over a "suspected hostile aircraft intrusion," according to Haaretz.
Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border:
* Hezbollah says it targeted this afternoon Israeli soldiers positioned inside a room in the "Ramim barracks," facing the Lebanese village of Markaba (Marjayoun), with an attack drone.
* The party also says it destroyed "technical systems and spy equipment" at the "al-Raheb" Israeli site, facing the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil), at 3:25 p.m.
* Meanwhile, Haaretz reported at 4:15 p.m. that sirens have been activated in northern Israel near the Lebanese border over "suspected hostile aerial intrusion."
Hezbollah has announced that it fired artillery shells this morning toward the Israeli "Ras al-Naqoura naval" site in response to an Israeli drone strike that targeted a motorcycle ridden by a fisherman in Naqoura (Sour district) earlier in the morning.
The fisherman was injured and taken to a hospital.
Hezbollah also said that it targeted, at 2:45 p.m., spy equipment at the "Ramta" Israeli site located in the disputed Shebaa farms.
Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border:
* Israeli warplanes carried out raids on houses in the village of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil district), a security source told our correspondent in the South.
* Residents told L'Orient Today that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the village of Alma al-Shaab (Sour district).
* According to a security source, rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli sites. Sirens sounded in several villages in northern Israel, warning of "hostile aircraft infiltration," according to Haaretz, which also reports that "Hezbollah fired three anti-tank missiles at Metula in northern Israel on Friday, damaging five houses." This strike hasn't yet been claimed.
⚡ An Israeli airstrike has targeted a car at the Lebanese-Syrian border near the Masnaa checkpoint, according to our correspondent in the Bekaa.
According to information obtained by our correspondent, the strike happened between the Lebanese General Security and the Syrian General Security. Local and regional media reported that the car hit was inside Syrian territory.
No casualties have been reported so far.
Here is the latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border, according to residents' testimonies relayed by our correspondent in the south:
* Israeli shelling targeted forests in the village of Yaroun (Bint Jbeil district), causing an outbreak of fires.
* Israel combed the village of Blida (Marjayoun) with machine-gun fire.
Austria has announced that it will resume funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which it suspended after Israeli accusations that employees may have been involved in the Oct. 7 attack, AFP reports.
"After analyzing in detail the action plan to improve the organization's operation," Austria has decided to "release the funds," according to a statement from the Austrian Foreign Ministry.
➡️ More information here.
Gaza's Health Ministry has announced a new death toll of 35,386 in the enclave since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement on Oct. 7, AFP reports.
Over the past 24 hours, at least 83 more deaths were recorded, according to a statement from the ministry, which added that 79,366 people had been wounded in more than seven months of war.
British security firm Ambrey says it has received information that a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was attacked approximately 10 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Mokha.
Ambrey said a radio communication indicated the vessel was hit by a missile and that there was a fire onboard. It did not provide details of the communication. ➡️ More details are here.
Here's what's been happening at the Lebanese-Israeli border this morning so far:
* An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the village of Naqoura (Sour district), residents told our correspondent in the south. According to the residents, the motorcycle was being ridden by a fisherman, who was injured and taken to a hospital. The airstrike took place near the UN Naqoura headquarters.
* Israeli shelling targeted the outskirts of the villages of Debel and Hanine (Bint Jbeil district).
* Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the "Biranit barracks," facing the Lebanese village of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil), at 9:45 a.m.
Here's what happened at the Lebanese-Israeli border last night, according to security sources relayed by our correspondent in the south:
* Hezbollah announced that it fired artillery shells on an Israeli vehicle as it was entering the "Malikiyah site," facing the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, at 11:10 p.m.
* Israeli warplanes carried out three raids at midnight targeting the southwestern entrance to the village of Khiam (Marjayoun district) without causing casualties.
Israel's main supporter, the United States, which has expressed its opposition to a major offensive in Rafah, has announced that White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Israel tomorrow after a stopover in Saudi Arabia today.
At the same time, the Israeli army told AFP yesterday that it had carried out "perhaps the fiercest" fighting in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, since the start of its ground offensive in the Palestinian territory at the end of October. Six people were killed in their homes by shelling in the area, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.
The Israeli army claims it has completed its operation in the Zeitoun district of Gaza City (north), after a week of "precise raids," killing "more than 90 terrorists."
The Israeli army has carried out new strikes in Rafah, in the south of the enclave, killing two people in the Berbera camp in the center of the city, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Image: Screenshot of a video showing, according to the Israeli army, humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip via a floating jetty built by the United States, on May 18, 2024. (Credit: AFP / handout / Israeli army)
London has announced that a load of British aid has "successfully" been delivered to the Gaza coast … along with aid from the United States and the United Arab Emirates’ via the Cypriot maritime corridor. France adds that a Navy vessel from Cyprus, carrying 60 tons of aid, is being unloaded on the American pontoon.
In Gaza, "more than 300 pallets of humanitarian aid" have been unloaded, the first to enter via the temporary American "floating jetty" moored on the coast of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said in a statement. Hamas, meanwhile, stressed in a statement that "no aid route, including the floating jetty, is an alternative to the routes under Palestinian supervision."
After days of blocking the arrival of humanitarian aid in the besieged Palestinian territory threatened by famine, the US army announced yesterday that "around 500 tons [of aid] will arrive in the next few days."
As violence continues to escalate in the occupied West Bank amid the war in Gaza, a local leader of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad in Jenin has been killed by an Israeli airstrike, the Islamist movement announced this morning, confirming information from the Israeli army and the Palestinian government.
Islam Khamayseh was killed in the Israeli strike, which also wounded eight people, AFP reports.
An Israeli warplane and helicopter struck a complex in Jenin where "a number of important terrorists were located," on the basis of information provided by the intelligence services, the Israeli army said in a statement.
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