Hezbollah urges Kiryat Shmona residents to 'evacuate immediately' after a series of exploding drone attacks: Day 397 of the Lebanon and Gaza wars

Hezbollah announced that it had fired rockets at Israeli soldiers between Menara and Margaliot, opposite Lebanese Houla in the Marjayoun district, at midnight 20.

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Around 300 people protested at the Israeli army's headquarters in Tel Aviv demanding a cease-fire, reported Haaretz. Police "confiscated and tore up signs claiming the messages on them disturbed public peace."

The demonstration was organized by Radical Bloc, a grassroots group opposing the war. Protestors stated, "This is not just a political issue — it is a matter of life and death. We must raise our voices for those who cannot, for the men, women and children whose lives are being destroyed before our eyes." 

An American researcher reported that an Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted a building linked to Iran's defunct nuclear weapons program, along with facilities for mixing solid fuel for missiles, Reuters reported. David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate analyst at the Washington think tank CNA, based their assessments on commercial satellite imagery. They indicated that the strikes occurred in Parchin, a large military complex near Tehran, and in Khojir, a significant missile production site in the same region.

Eveleth said the Israeli strikes may have "significantly hampered Iran's ability to mass produce missiles."

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Hezbollah issued an "evacuation notice" to the residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, similar to those sent almost daily by the Israeli army to the inhabitants of southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs.

The image published shows a satellite image of the village, covered in a red shadow, towards which a drone and rockets are heading. Beneath the image, the party calls, in Arabic and Hebrew, for residents to "evacuate immediately."

Yesterday, Hezbollah published a video calling on residents of 21 localities in northern Israel to evacuate. "Your settlements have become a place of deployment for [Israeli] enemy military forces attacking Lebanon. By doing so, they have become legitimate military targets," the text read. 

In response to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's letter expressing that "the war is being conducted without a compass" and that the war objectives should be updated, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying, "Minister Gallant's letter is quite puzzling. There is one compass, which is the war objectives as determined by the security cabinet. The objectives are constantly being evaluated and were recently expanded."

In a recent letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's security cabinet, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant expressed concerns that Israel is conducting its military operations without a clear direction, reported Haaretz. He emphasized the need for updated war objectives just before an Israeli strike on Iran, stating, "The current situation in which we operate harms the management of the campaign and the cabinet's decisions. Significant developments in the war, primarily the exchanges of direct blows between Israel and Iran, increase the need for a discussion and an update of the war objectives..."

Gallant's letter, which was also addressed to key security officials, including Shin Bet director Ronen Bar, Mossad chief David Barnea, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi, outlined four new war objectives. For Gaza, he proposed "establishing a reality without a military threat, preventing the enhancement of terror capabilities, securing the return of all hostages, and promoting an alternative to Hamas rule." For the West Bank, he advocates for "preventing violent outbreaks by thwarting terrorism."

He suggested that the goal for Lebanon should be "creating a security situation that allows residents of the north [of Israel] to return to their homes as soon as possible."

For Iran, the objective is "deterrence and keeping Iran out of the war." 

The Lebanese Health Ministry announced the final death toll from yesterday's Israeli attacks, which stood at 19 killed and 108 wounded.

The toll breaks down as follows:

- In the South Lebanon governate: seven killed and 48 wounded.

- In the Nabatieh governate: 10 killed and 55 wounded.

- In the Baalbeck-Hermel governate: two killed and five wounded.

On Saturday, the total death toll in Lebanon since Oct. 8, 2023 stood at 2,672, with 12,468 injured.

The Israel army's chief of staff, Herzl Halevi, said Sunday following Israel's retaliatory strikes on Iran that the army "used only some of its capabilities, and is capable of much more." Halevi added that they "hit strategic Iranian targets and will see how things develop."

Britain's foreign minister David Lammy said he had spoken to his Israeli and Iranian counterparts in separate calls on Sunday seeking to avoid escalation into a "catastrophic" regional war after Israel struck Iranian military sites, Reuters reported.

"Today I held important calls with Israeli FM [Israel Katz] and Iranian FM [Abbas Araghchi]. The U.K. continues to press for de-escalation and an end to the conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza," Lammy said in a statement, adding that "a regional war would be catastrophic and is in no one's interests." 

Hezbollah announced that it launched a rocket strike on the barracks of "Ebil al-Qamh," an ancient Palestinian village that was emptied of its inhabitants in 1948, located near Kfar Giladi close to the border with Lebanon. The group also reported carrying out a separate rocket attack on Misgav Am.

In southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeted Khiam (Marjayoun district) and Bazourieh (Sour), according to information from our correspondent.

Ali Dib, the president of the municipality of Burj al-Shemali, clarified in a statement that the UNRWA-run Palestine school is located in the village, not within the Palestinian refugee camp of the same name. He noted that the Israeli drone strike targeted the area surrounding the school, rather than the building itself. The attack "caused damage to the school wall" and killed five people, he added.

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, claimed to have "received indications" before the Israeli airstrikes, which targeted military installations in Iran the previous day. "We have received indications since the evening about the possibility of an attack that night," Araghchi told the press, without specifying the nature of these indications.

The death toll from the Israeli strike on the al-Risala rescue center, affiliated with the Amal movement, in Ain Baal (Sour district) has risen to seven.

In addition to the three aid workers, four women were also killed, according to information from our correspondent in the South.

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeted Kfar Houne (Jezzine), Debbine (Marjayoun) and the Saksakieh (Saida) in southern Lebanon. In the Bekaa, Sohmor was bombed by Israeli aircraft.

Hezbollah has announced it launched multiple attacks on Kfar Yuval, Sassa, Zar'it and Shomera with exploding drones, adding that the drones "precisely reached their targets."

Since the beginning of the day, Hezbollah has announced a dozen attacks using exploding drones — both on border towns and targets deeper within Israel, as far as the Acre region. On Oct. 13, a drone attack on a military canteen in Binyamina, near Haifa, killed four Israeli soldiers and wounded at least 61 others.

Here are the latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon over the past three hours: 

- Airstrikes targeted Ansar (Nabatieh district), Ainata, Haddatha, Shakra (all in the Bint Jbeil district), Tayr Debba and Borgholiyeh (in the Sour district)

- Two people were killed in the strike reported earlier on Qaaqaayeh (Nabatieh district). According to our correspondent's sources, the victims are: Rabih Qorbani and Sajed Salloum

Hezbollah announced three more attacks conducted earlier today: 

- At 4 p.m., its fighters targeted Israeli soldiers in the vicinity Beria with a salvo of rockets

- At 6:30 p.m. it launched a salvo of rockets at a gathering of Israeli forces on the eastern outskirts of the Lebanese village of Aitaroun.

- At 7:15, it targeted Ayelet-Hashahar, also with a barrage of rockets, some 10 kilometers from the border.

The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that 167 healthcare workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the war.

After announcing that it had pushed Israeli fighter jets back into Lebanese airspace, over the "western sector" of the border, Hezbollah claimed to have fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli Hermes 900 drone over the western Bekaa, also forcing it to withdraw.

Israeli aircraft broke the sound barrier over several regions of Lebanon, causing two supersonic booms. The detonations were heard in and around Beirut.

Hezbollah announced that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near Birya, north of Safad, a dozen kilometers from the border, with a salvo of rockets at 4 pm.

An Israeli airstrike targeted Jabal al-Botm, in the Sour district, residents reported.

Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that Tehran is not looking for war, but will respond "appropriately" to Israel's attack, according to state media, Reuters reported.

Egypt is proposing a two-day cease-fire to free four hostages, who are still alive, and some Palestinian prisoners said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, cited by Haaretz.

President al-Sissi also added that "the cease-fire will be accompanied by 10 days of intensive negotiations to achieve a permanent cease-fire."

Sources familiar with the talks the chances of the plan's success are not high, due to Hamas' position, as well as the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who expressed opposition to the deal.

(Credit: Photo supplied by our correspondent in the region)

Destructions following an Israeli strike that targeted the new center for the al-Risala Association, affiliated with the Amal movement, in the town of Ain Baal in the Sour district, killing three people.

Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at 4:30 pm with a barrage of rockets in the Khillat Naif area on the outskirts of the town of Houla (Marjayoun district.)

The party also stated that fighters from its air defense unit targeted Israeli warplanes in the "western sector" at 4:50 pm, using surface-to-air missiles, "forcing them to leave Lebanese airspace."

Here’s an update on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:

- Three were killed in Ain Baal (Sour district) in an attack on the Al-Risala Association Health Center, affiliated with the Amal Movement, according to residents.

- The Amal Movement announced the death of three of its members, all born in Burj al-Shamali (Sour district): Hassan Shibli, born in 1992; Ahmad Murad, born in 1977; and Sobhi Shebli, born in 1955.

At least nine Palestinians, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced persons on the outskirts of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, emergency services in the enclave announced. The strike on the Asmaa school, located inside the al-Shati refugee camp, also left several people injured, and the victims were taken to the city's al-Shifa hospital. Contacted by AFP, the Israeli army said it was "verifying" the information.

Hezbollah announced two new attacks on Israeli soldiers and sites:

- A missile barrage was launched at Israeli soldiers in the southern Lebanese village of Dhaira, in the Sour district at 4:20 p.m. 

- At 4:30 p.m., another salvo of missiles was launched at the Israeli site of Misgav Am, facing the Lebanese village of Odaisseh in the Marjayoun district. 

(Credit: Photo supplied by residents to our correspondent in the region)

Destruction following the Israeli drone strike on an UNRWA school in Burj al-Shemali in southern Lebanon's Sour district. 

Here are the latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon: 

- Airstrikes targeted Borgholiyeh, Qassimiyah, Bazourieh, while three additional strikes on Ain Baal (all located in the Sour district,) residents reported.

- Five people were killed in a strike from an drone strike on a school affiliated with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the region (UNRWA) in Burj al-Shemali (Sour district), according to residents.

In a report cited by Israeli media, ynetnew, the FARS news agency, based in Iran, announced the death of a civilian following the Israel attack on Iran in the early hours of Saturday. This is the fifth death announced by the Iranians, apart from the four soldiers killed in the attack.

The UK’s representative to the United Nations has expressed concerns about Israel’s parliament, also referred to as the Knesset, “considering legislation forbidding contact between the Israeli state and [The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees] UNRWA.”

In a post on X, Ambassador Barbara Woodward said: “Without UNRWA, life-saving aid to Palestinian refugees would be severely hampered, if not impossible.”

“We urge the Israeli government to keep UNRWA’s ability to work untouched.”

The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet tomorrow to discuss Israel's attack on Iran, Reuters reported citing diplomats.

The Israeli forces have withdrawn after raiding Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged northern Gaza, according to al-Jazeera.

Finance ministers from the U.S., Japan, Canada, the EU, UK, Netherlands, Australia, and France have jointly warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Palestinian economy may collapse if his government blocks a key financial link between Israeli and West Bank banks, reported Axios. In an Oct. 25 letter obtained by the American outlet, the ministers voiced fears that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich might refuse to renew an authorization critical to Palestinian banking stability before the Oct. 31 deadline.

Without Smotrich’s approval, the West Bank's banking system could face severe repercussions, disrupting $13 billion in trade, jeopardizing donor funding, and raising security risks for both Palestinian territories and Israel. The ministers wrote, “We write to emphasize our fear that actions taken by some members of your government to deny the West Bank access to financial resources endangers Israel's security and threatens to further destabilize the entire region in an already perilous moment.” This breakdown could push financial flows underground, amplifying security threats, they added.

The Israeli Security Cabinet is set to discuss the issue this Sunday, with a possibility of bypassing Smotrich to approve the authorization. The finance ministers concluded their letter by urging Netanyahu to “take steps to decrease the risk of the economic collapse of the West Bank by extending the correspondent banking relationship for banks in the West Bank by at least one year.”

15 launches from Lebanon targeted Israel's western Galilee have been identified, reported Haaretz citing the Israeli army, which added that "most of them have been intercepted." 

Hezbollah announced that it launched a salvo of missiles and artillery shells at Israeli soldiers in the outskirts of Aitaroun, in the Bint Jbeil district, at 4 p.m.

The party also announced that it "once again" launched a salvo of missiles at Israeli soldiers in Manara at 4 p.m.

Here are the latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, reported by our correspondent in the region: 

- Airstrikes targeted Aishieh and Jarmak, both in the Jezzine district. 

- Israeli bombardments also targeted Majdel Zoun, in the Sour district. 

Here’s an update on the Hezbollah attacks against Israeli positions:

*Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli soldiers' gathering in Margaliot, facing Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun district) with a missile strike at 2:20 pm.

*The party also targeted the Zaoura position, facing Kfar Kila (Marjayoun district), with a missile strike at 3:00 pm.

*Hezbollah said it targeted a gathering in Manara, facing Markaba (Marjayoun district) with a missile strike at 3:10 pm.

Five killed, one injured in Israeli attack against Burj al-Shemali (Sour district), local residents reported.

The scene of the rocket fall in Tamra, northern Israel, on Sunday. (Credit: The Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

Golani Brigade forces have discovered “underground weapons depots in residential areas” in southern Lebanon, claimed Arabic-speaking Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee on X.

“Over the past week, Golani Brigade forces have continued their activities in southern Lebanon, eliminating dozens of terrorists and carrying out raids against above-ground and underground terrorist structures, where they found a large quantity of ammunition and weapons,” he said.

“During one of the raids, the troops discovered an underground weapons depot hidden in a rugged, mountainous area, where anti-armor missiles, mortars, machine guns and Kalashnikov rifles were found inside the depot,” he continued.

A Saudi plane loaded with humanitarian aid landed at Beirut's airport, according to the National News Agency.

Hezbollah said it shelled the Israeli Nahariya city with a salvo of rockets at 2:40 p.m., "as part of the warning issued" by the party to several northern towns.

Protesters have disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech during the memorial service for Israelis killed on Oct.7 shouting "shame" and "The father was murdered, the son abandoned!" Haaretz reported.

Iran reserves the right to respond to Israel's "criminal aggression," Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the United Nations Secretary-General in a letter calling for an urgent Security Council meeting, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

According to our correspondent, Hezbollah affiliate Hussein Fneich, along with his wife and son, were killed in the Israeli drone strike on Haret Saida. It remains unclear what functions the victim held within the party.

Appeals for blood donations were launched following the strike.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the success of Israel's strikes on Iran and discussed "strategic opportunities" that may have arisen, Gallant's office said on Sunday, according to Haaretz.

"Gallant discussed initial assessments regarding the success of the strikes against missile manufacturing facilities, surface-to-air missile arrays and Iranian aerial capabilities," it said.

"Minister Gallant also discussed the strategic opportunities that have risen as a result of operational achievements, in both the northern and southern arenas," the statement, cited by Reuters, said, referring to fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.

Senior Hamas officials stated that during negotiations in Doha, they will propose a single deal that includes the release of all hostages held in Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.

A senior Hamas member told the paper that the group is open to hearing "if there are new proposals from the mediating countries, but we prefer a comprehensive deal that will lead to an end to the war."

One Israeli has died of wounds sustained by the suspected terror ramming attack that occurred Sunday morning in central Israel, the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center said in a statement, according to Haaretz.

The death toll from the unprecedented Israeli strike on Haret Saida has risen again, to over eight killed and 25 wounded, according to the Ministry of Health.

Here’s an update on the security situation:

*Amal Movement announced the death of its member Ali Ayyash born in Qaaqaaiyet El Jisr (Nabatieh district) in 1963 who was killed "while fulfilling his national and jihadist duty in defense of Lebanon and the South." According to our correspondent in the south Ayyash was killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Qaaqaaiyet El Jisr last night.

*Two Israeli strikes targeted Arab Salim (Nabatieh district), local residents reported.

*Three killed, three injured in a drone strike on a group of young men, in a car, who were surveying a previously targeted site in Hosh Barada (Bekaa district), local residents reported.

According to an AFP correspondent on the scene in Haret Saida, a three-story building was hit and the top floor completely destroyed, while dozens of nearby businesses were damaged.

The death toll from the Israeli strike on Haret Saida has risen to five killed and 13 wounded, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Israeli army claimed to have eliminated the Hezbollah commander for the Bint Jbeil region, Ahmad Jaafar Maatouk, on Friday, as well as his successor on Saturday.

According to troop spokesman Avichay Adraee, the two commanders “supervised and directed numerous terrorist plots against Israel and Israeli soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, from the Bint Jbeil area, including rocket and anti-armor missile fire”.

According to our correspondent, Israeli drones targeted an apartment housing displaced people from the South, which was completely destroyed, and a car.

Both attacks resulted in casualties. Damage was reported in nearby buildings.

According to a Ministry of Health report, the Israeli raid on Haret Saida left two people dead and 11 injured.

Hezbollah said it targeted an assembly of Israeli forces at the Fatima Gate, on the border between Lebanon and Israel, with a rocket attack at 12:10 p.m.

Ambulances transported people injured in the Israeli drone strike on Haret Saida, according to our correspondent.

Israeli drones continue to fly over Haret Saida and Saida, according to our correspondent.

A Pakistani aid plane containing medical supplies has landed at Beirut's airport, reports the National News Agency.

*Hezbollah said it targeted Karmiel, facing Marwahin (Sour district), with a rocket salvo at 10 a.m.

According to our correspondent, the strike targeted an apartment in the center of Haret Saida.

Hezbollah said it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Malikiyah site, facing Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil district), "with a rocket salvo at 10 a.m."

An Israeli drone strike targeted Haret Saida for the first time since the start of the conflict, according to our correspondent.

Two killed, one injured in a drone strike on a group of young men, in a car, who were surveying a previously targeted site in Hosh Barada (Bekaa district), local residents reported.

Speaking at the official memorial ceremony for the killed Israeli Army soldiers soldiers in the current war, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, according to Haaretz, that "Painful compromises will be necessary to fulfill our obligation to return the hostages to their homes."

"Not all objectives can be achieved solely through military action. [Military] force is not the ultimate purpose."

Here’s an update on the security situation:

*An Israeli airstrike targeted the al-Bayad neighborhood in the town of Harouf (Nabatieh district), local residents reported.

*One killed and two injured in a drone strike on a group of young men who were surveying a previously targeted site in Hosh Barada (Baalbeck district), local residents reported.

The directors of the CIA and Israel's Mossad will meet Qatar's prime minister in Doha on Sunday to begin negotiations for a new short term Gaza cease-fire deal and the release of some hostages by Hamas in exchange for Israel's release of Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters.

The talks aim to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza that would last less than a month, with the hope that it would lead to a more permanent agreement, the official said. The details of which or how many hostages and prisoners would be released as part of the deal is not yet clear, the official said, according to Reuters.

One Israeli "seriously wounded" following rocket barrage from Lebanon targeting northern Israel, emergency services said, according to Haaretz.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited the site of the ramming attack in Glilot, central Israel, according to footage published by an Army Radio correspondent and verified by Al-Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad.

In the video clip, an Israeli is seen asking Ben-Gvir to expel all the families of the attackers, to which the minister replied: “By God’s will, we will expel them. I just hope that Likud and Bibi [Benjamin Netanyahu] are with us.”

An Israeli raid targeted Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent.

Five people were killed and one injured in an Israeli raid on Jdeidet Marjayoun on Saturday evening, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Israeli raid on Zawtar Sharqieh (Nabatieh) killed three people, according to the Ministry.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, the Israeli army announced.

They are Avraham Yosef Goldberg, 43, from Jerusalem; Gilad Elmaliach, 30, also from Jerusalem; Amit Chayut, 29, from Haifa and Eliav Amram Abitbol, 36, from Eitan.

At noon on Saturday, Hezbollah claimed to have targeted an Israeli infantry force in Houla (Marjayoun) with a guided missile, killing and wounding several people.

Commenting on the overnight strikes that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed that the Israeli army targeted "dozens of Hezbollah infrastructures."

According to him, warplanes attacked "Hezbollah's storage and production sites as well as a weapons depot."

Adraee further noted that "in the past few hours, air force planes, under the direction of Israel's Northern Command, attacked more than 120 Hezbollah terrorist targets, eliminating around 70 saboteurs." He added that a "military structure used by Hezbollah's Unit 127 and a sabotage cell affiliated with that unit in South Lebanon" were also targeted.

Iran's supreme leader stated that the Israeli attack on Iran this past weekend "should neither be exaggerated nor downplayed," without explicitly calling for retaliation, according to comments reported by the Associated Press.

"The evil actions of the Israeli regime two days ago should neither be exaggerated nor downplayed (...) The Israeli regime’s miscalculations must be stopped. It is essential for them to understand the strength, will, and initiative of the Iranian nation and its youth," emphasized Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

He also said that "it is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and resolve of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of the nation and the country."

Here's the latest update on the situation in southern Lebanon this morning:

This morning, an Israeli air raid targeted and destroyed the home of Kayed Bandar, a former detainee in Israel, in Deir Kifa (Sour).

Israeli fighter jets also struck a house in Adsheet (Nabatieh).

Israeli raids targeted Deir Qanoun and Ras al-Ain, south of Sour.

Further updates from southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:

At 1 a.m., an Israeli air raid hit Burj al-Shemali and the outskirts of Sour.

At dawn, a series of Israeli raids targeted buildings and homes in Burj al-Shemali, Qlayleh, Maalieh, Yarin, and Semaaieh (Sour).

At 6 a.m., an Israeli raid struck Dibbine (Marjayoun).

Between midnight and 8 a.m., the Israeli army targeted the following villages: Braasheet, Tiri, Bint Jbeil, Ainata, Soultanieh, Shaqra, Safad al-Batikh, Jmayjmeh, Haris, Tebnine, Kounine, Aita al-Jabal, Shhour, Shehabieh, Kounine, Aita al-Jabal, Aitaroun, Haris, and Hadatha.

Five people were killed in Shehabieh and two others in Shhour, according to our correspondent.

 A recap of the situation along the Lebanon-Israel border on Saturday night:

After 10:30 p.m., Israeli fighter jets conducted two raids on Ansar, injuring two people. Rockets were also fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel, according to our correspondent.

At 11:30 p.m., Hezbollah claimed responsibility for targeting Kiryat Shmona with a "barrage of rockets."

Earlier, Haaretz reported that a 61-year-old man was moderately injured and a 31-year-old lightly wounded following a Hezbollah drone strike targeting the Bar Lev industrial zone near Karmiel in northern Israel, according to Magen David Adom emergency services.

This morning, Hezbollah claimed to have carried out, at 7:40 a.m., an air attack with drones on the “Yodfat” military factory, southeast of Acre, in northern Israel.

On the Gaza front, the Israeli army continues its air and ground offensive in the devastated Palestinian territory, which is suffering from a humanitarian disaster.

New negotiations are expected today in Doha between Israeli, American, and Qatari representatives to discuss the possibility of a cease-fire in Gaza, tied to the release of hostages.

The U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein is also expected in Tel Aviv today.

Following the "targeted" Israeli strikes carried out in Syria and Iran on Friday night, Tehran claimed to have successfully countered this "aggression," which was condemned by Gulf states. Iran also reiterated on Saturday that it intends to defend itself despite calls for restraint.

Israeli airstrikes targeted Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh and Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs overnight, following an evacuation warning issued by Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee.

Good morning, thank you for joining us for today's live coverage of the Gaza and Lebanon wars and their regional impacts.