In his third warning of the evening, the Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation notice on his X account, this time to residents of an apartment building in Haret Hreik and a building in Ghobeiri.
The order, as is standard for the Israeli army, does not provide information about safe routes, only claims that the buildings marked are near Hezbollah "facilities and interests" and should be evacuated within a 500 meter radius.
A few minutes ago, the Israeli army targeted Laylaki and, before that, Haret Hreik.
⚡The Israeli army has bombed the neighborhood of Laylaki, in Beirut's southern suburbs, just over half an hour after having issued an evacuation order for a building in the area.
⚡ The Israeli army has just carried out a second strike against Haret Hreik, despite having issued an evacuation order for Laylaki just a few minutes ago.
For the second time tonight, the Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation order on his X account, this time to residents of a building in Laylaki.
"You must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately, and move away from them at least 500 meters," he wrote. A few minutes ago, the Israeli army carried out a strike in Haret Hreik. The attack happened less than an hour after an evacuation notice had been issued.
⚡ Forty-five minutes after the evacuation warning, the Israeli army has bombed Haret Hreik.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced he had picked real estate investor and campaign donor Steve Witkoff to be his special envoy to the Middle East, replacing Israeli-American Amos Hochstein who has been in this position under President Joe Biden's administration.
The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation order to residents of a building in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on his X account at 11:39 p.m.
The spokesperson claimed, as has been custom with such orders, that the residents are located near Hezbollah "facilities and interests against which the [Israeli army] will act forcefully in the near future." The building concerned is located between "Cams and More" and Dhiab station according to the map issued alongside the order.
These evacuation orders have been condemned by various human rights groups and research centers as inadequate, inaccurate and ineffective.
That concludes our live coverage of the wars in Lebanon and in Gaza for today. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and analysis. Thanks for joining us.
Hezbollah and the Amal Movement called a meeting with the Government Emergency Committee this afternoon to discuss "the needs of the displaced," the National News Agency reported.
The meeting was attended by a large number of parliamentarians and ministers from the outgoing government and lasted for more than two hours, following which another parliamentary committee was established to follow up with the emergency committee led by the minister of environment, with another meeting called for Thursday.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has released a statement announcing the nomination former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as the ambassador to Israel.
Huckabee is an ardent supporter of Israel and an evangelical Christian Zionist, a sect that believes the modern state of Israel is a manifestation of prophecies found in the Bible. He is also father to former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has since assumed her father's former post.
For the past few years, Mike Huckabee has primarily been seen in the U.S. in late-night infomercials for sleep disorder drugs, among other products, Middle East Eye reports.
"Mike will work tirelessly to bring about Peace in the Middle East!" Trump wrote.
Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, deputy Secretary-General for U.N. Peace Operations this evening.
"The U.N. is making intensive efforts to achieve a cease-fire," said Lacroix, stressing the importance of implementing Resolution 1701 as the only solution to the war between Hezbollah and Israel. He also emphasized "the importance of cooperation between UNIFIL and the army." Mikari affirmed that "the government is committed to implementing Resolution 1701" and supports the aforementioned cooperation.
In mid-October, Mikati claimed that Hezbollah had accepted Resolution 1701 but also admitted that the government had lost contact with the party's leadership.
The Biden administration has not "lost hope" of achieving a cease-fire in Gaza, even though Qatar had suspended its mediation, criticizing Israel and Hamas for not showing "willingness and seriousness."
"We are pursuing a number of initiatives to obtain the release of the hostages. This is ongoing. We haven't given up hope," State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters.
⚡ The Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Joun, in Chouf district, earlier this evening, killed six people and injured six more, according to a provisional report from the Ministry of Health.
⚡ The strike on Baalshmey, in Aley district, reported late afternoon, killed eight people, up from the original count of five, and injured another five, according to the ministry's latest figures.
President Biden's senior adviser Amos Hochstein told reporters at the White House that he thinks "there is a shot" at getting a cease-fire deal in Lebanon soon, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid. "I am hopeful we can get it," Hochstein said.
According to two U.S. officials cited by Axios reporter Barak Ravid, Secretary of State Blinken has decided that, for the time being, there will be no change to military assistance following the deadline the U.S. gave Israel regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which expires today. The officials claim Israel has taken important steps to address American concerns regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, stressing the U.S. still wants to see more steps in the coming days.
The Israeli army claims to have destroyed most of the missile production sites and weapons storage facilities it says Hezbollah had established in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In a post on his X account, Arabic-language army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed that there were dozens of such sites in the southern suburbs, “systematically hidden under civilian buildings.”
“As part of Operation 'Northern Arrows,' the army is making extensive efforts to dismantle the facility Hezbollah built in the southern suburbs of Beirut.” By mid-afternoon today, the Israeli army had bombed the southern suburbs 13 times since releasing 11 evacuation orders around 10:30 this morning.
“During the strikes, numerous secondary explosions occurred, confirming the presence of weapons at the targeted sites,” Adraee wrote.
One such facility, he said “was built in the heart of the Chouaifet area … and was constructed to produce a variety of weapon components, including long-range, precise missiles capable of reaching all parts of the country.”
Weeks after his previous video message to the Iranian people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a new message in which he claimed that Iran's ballistic missile attack against Israel cost $2.3 billion, Haaretz reports. "The regime wants to destroy your future in its pursuit to destroy our country," he said. "We won't let that happen. I have no doubt that the day will come in a free Tehran when Israelis and Iranians will build a future of prosperity and peace."
⚡ Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,287 people and injured 14,222 since October 2023, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health.
The Israeli army bombed a three-story building in Joun, in the Chouf district, in which many families that had been displaced had taken shelter, according to our correspondent in the area. The number of casualties is not yet known. The village of Joun was also the target of an Israeli strike in September.
According to the latest updates from our correspondents in southern Lebanon, the Israeli army has bombed the following villages in the last hour:
• Bint Jbeil: Ghandourieh, Tebnin and Barasheet
• Sour: Naqoura, Majdal Zoun and Seddiqine
• Hasbaya: Wadi Berghoz
• Marjayoun: Khiam and Qantara
• Nabatieh: Kfar Roummane
Seventy percent of Germans do not want their country to provide military assistance to Israel, a new poll has found. According to a report from Haaretz, only 25 percent of the poll's respondents, when asked about military aid, said it should go to Israel, compared to 57 percent who support military aid to Ukraine and 31 percent who back aid to Taiwan.
On how Germany should respond to the war in Gaza, 87 percent said the country must provide humanitarian aid to its residents, while 64 percent said it should act as a mediator between Israel and Hamas. Fifty-six percent said Germany should stay out of the war, and only 19 percent supported fully backing Israel militarily.
The poll, commissioned by the German Körber-Stiftung and carried out by Verian, surveyed 1,010 participants in September. It was published in the annual edition of The Berlin Pulse.
Hezbollah announced that it had fired missiles at an Israeli military base south of Tel Aviv. In its tenth statement of the day, the party claimed responsibility for an attack carried out at 4:45 p.m. against "the Tel Not air base with a salvo of high-precision rockets." This is not the first time that Hezbollah has targeted this base. The statement adds that the attack was carried out to shouts of "Labayka ya Nasrallah," [At your command, Nasrallah].
Here are the latest updates from our correspondents in southern Lebanon:
• Israeli jets bombed the outskirts of the Bayad neighborhood in the city of Nabatieh and the villages of Chebaa, (Hasbaya district), Majdal Zoun (Sour district) and Habbouch (Nabatieh).
• Heavy Israeli artillery shelling targeted Shebaa, in Hasbaya district.
⚡ An Israeli drone targeted a team of medics who were removing the rubble in the village of Mansouri (Sour district), killing a paramedic from the Islamic Health Organization and wounding another one from the Lebanese Civil Defense.
France summoned its Israeli ambassador to France today following the Israeli police's detention of two consulate employees in Jerusalem, Haaretz reports. The French Foreign Ministry said the incident involved Israeli police forcing their way into a French-owned church compound in Jerusalem, briefly detaining two consulate employees and prompting the top French diplomat to abandon his planned visit to the site.
According to Channel 12 news, despite the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Israeli army will continue on with Gallant's directive of issuing the conscription orders for 7,000 ultra-Orthodox on Sunday.
Photos from the scene of an Israeli strike on a building situated within the boundaries of Baalshey, in the area near Abadieh, in Aley district. At least five people have been killed in the attack, and another two injured. (Credit: Moe Yassin/L'Orien
Photos from the scene of an Israeli strike on a building situated within the boundaries of Baalshey, in the area near Abadieh, in Aley district. At least five people have been killed in the attack, and another two injured. (Credit: Moe Yassin/L'Orien
Two people were killed in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, 10 kilometers south of the border, opposite Sour district's Naqoura, in the latest salvo of rockets fired from southern Lebanon, Haaretz reports. According to Israel's Channel 12, the two victims were men in their 40s and were killed when a rocket hit a warehouse in the north of the town.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for two attacks carried out at 3 p.m., using a "salvo of rockets" against two groups of Israeli soldiers: the first deployed at Shomera, opposite Oddaiseh, in Marjayoun district, and the second at Zar'it, opposite Ramieh, in Bint Jbeil district. Five minutes later, Hezbollah attacked an Israeli army artillery position in Neve Ziv, a town in northern Israel opposite Alma al-Shaab, in Sour district.
⚡ At least five people were killed and two injured in the Israeli airstrike that targeted a building between Abadieh and Baalshmey, in the Aley district, a little over an hour ago, according to the Ministry of Health.
Our correspondent confirmed the Israeli strike on a building in Abadieh, in the Aley district.
Hezbollah claims to have fired missiles at 1 p.m. at the Israeli town of Dishon, opposite the Lebanese village of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil).
The party also claims to have spotted and attacked an Israeli Hermes 450 drone flying over the western sector, forcing it to leave Lebanese territory at 12:15 p.m. This was the 4th drone repelled by Hezbollah today.
The town of Khiam (Marjayoun district) was shelled by Israeli artillery, reports our correspondent.
An Israeli airstrike has targeted an area between Baalshmey and Abadieh (Aley district), according to local media outlets
Calls to evacuate have been issued by the Israeli army to the inhabitants of 14 towns in southern Lebanon; namely Shaqra, Braasheet, Ghandourieh and Froun (Bint Jbeil), Houla, Majdal Selm, Tallouseh, Mais al-Jabal, Souwaneh, Qabrikha, Blida and Mhaibib (Marjayoun), Yohmor and Arnoun (Nabatieh).
“For your safety, evacuate your homes immediately and head north of the Awali River,” said the army, which plans to strike the localities mentioned.
Five people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Teffahta (Saida district), according to our correspondent in the South. The targeted house was destroyed and neighboring houses were damaged.
Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at the village of Kfar Yuval in northern Israel at 12:05 p.m.
A thirteenth Israeli strike targeted the Hadi Nasrallah highway area in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the NNA.
The twelfth strike to hit Beirut's southern suburbs hit Mreijeh, near Laylaki, according to the NNA.
Another powerful strike in Beirut's southern suburbs. The detonation was heard particularly loudly in the Hazmieh area. According to our count, this was the eleventh bombardment targeting the area since 10:40 a.m.
According to the NNA, the ninth strike in Beirut's southern suburbs targeted the outskirts of the Sayyeda Zeinab complex in Haret Hreik.
Latest updates from southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier violently over Saida twice.
A violent Israeli airstrike has targeted the house of journalist Hussein al-Zaani at "Wadi Press" in the village of Mansouri (Sour district). The building was razed to the ground.
An eighth Israeli strike has targeted Beirut's southern suburbs.
The southern suburbs have been bombarded for the sixth time, according to residents who heard the explosion.
According to the NNA, the destroyed medical center in Bir al-Abed, identified as the "Zein Medical Center," was not listed on the maps published by the Israeli army instructing evacuations. The agency also reports that previous Israeli airstrikes have destroyed several other buildings, including one housing the "Harqous Chicken" restaurant.
Local media report that a fifth strike hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, between the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik and Ghobeiri. This bombardment, carried out with multiple missiles, destroyed a medical center.
Latest updates from southern Lebanon:
Hezbollah announced that its air defense Unit attacked an Israeli Hermes 450 drone in the airspace of Nabatieh at 10:15 a.m. and forced it to leave Lebanese airspace.
A violent Israeli airstrike has targeted the vicinity of the city of Sour, according to our correspondent in the South.
Israeli airstrikes have also targeted a house in Burj al-Shemali (Sour district) and the city of Nabatieh, our correspondent reports.
An Israeli strike has hit the southern suburbs of Beirut for the fourth time.
According to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), the previous strike targeted a building in the Hadath-Jamous area.
In the Bekaa Valley, an Israeli strike on Hermel targeted a house belonging to the Choaib family, located behind the Amhaz gas station, according to our correspondent. Another strike also hit Boudai in the Baalbeck district.
In southern Lebanon, the Israeli army struck Qlaileh in the Sour district.
Israeli fighter jets hit the towns of Kafra (Bint Jbeil district), Shihine, Jabal al-Botom, and Siddiqine (Sour), according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon.
A third strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut was heard in the capital's vicinity.
A second strike targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. The detonation was heard on the outskirts of the capital.
⚡ An Israeli strike on the Haret Hreik neighborhood in the southern suburb of Beirut, after earlier calls to evacuate by the Israeli army.
Alerts were issued by the Israeli army in the north of the country, after several drones from Lebanon were spotted, reports Haaretz. One of these drones crashed into a schoolyard in Nesher, near Haifa, causing no injuries.
In its first statement of the day, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack at 9 a.m. on the Israeli town of Kfar Blum, 6 km from Kiryat Shmona.
The Israeli army announced the deaths of four soldiers in northern Gaza, bringing the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Palestinian territory to 376 since the start of its ground operation on Oct. 27, 2023.
"The names of four soldiers who fell in combat on Monday in northern Gaza have been cleared for publication," the army stated in a release.
This morning, Civil Defense in Gaza announced that at least 14 people were killed in multiple Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory.
"At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured early Tuesday morning in several [Israeli] strikes on Gaza," Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.
In the region, U.S. forces conducted strikes yesterday against nine targets linked to Iran-backed groups in Syria in response to attacks on Washington’s troops in the country, the Pentagon announced.
"These strikes will diminish the capability of Iran-backed groups to plan and carry out attacks against U.S. and coalition forces," the Pentagon stated, referencing the international coalition deployed in Syria against the Islamic State (ISIS). The Pentagon did not specify which groups were targeted or report any casualties, but according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes killed four members of Iran-linked groups.
Calls to evacuate were issued this morning by the Israeli army to the residents of Haret Hreik, Ghobeiri, Laylaki and Hadath, in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
According to maps published on X by the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee, 11 sites are due to be bombed shortly in these neighborhoods.
“You are close to Hezbollah infrastructure (...) For your own safety, keep at least 500 meters away,” he added, addressing residents.
In southern Lebanon this morning:
A drone strike targeted Marwanieh in Saida district, resulting in casualties, according to local sources for our correspondent.
Rescue operations are underway following a strike on Saksakieh. The bodies of a father and his daughter have been recovered from the rubble of the targeted building, with three more bodies still to be located, according to residents.
A strike on Debaal (Sour) caused casualties; two bombings targeted Kfar Roummane (Nabatieh), Aishieh in Jezzine district was bombarded, as were several areas in Shebaa (Hasbaya).
A building in the "Massaken" neighborhood of Sour, near the al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, was hit by Israeli airstrikes around 11 p.m. yesterday, killing three and injuring five others. Residents of the camp reported "strange" odors following the strike and a series of successive explosions afterward.
The night was also turbulent in southern Lebanon, with the following Israeli strikes reported by local and security sources reached by our correspondent:
A series of bombings targeted Kfar Joz, Roumine, Toul (Nabatieh), Shebaa (Hasbaya), Tebnine (Bint Jbeil), Bazourieh, and an area between Arzoun and Srifa (Sour).
Artillery fire targeted Naqoura (Sour).
The search through the rubble for potential survivors and to recover the bodies of victims ended around 4 a.m. Rescue workers from regional Civil Defense centers were mobilized at the scene alongside the Lebanese Red Cross.
The operations initially began with bare hands and available resources before the Lebanese Army arrived with bulldozers. A team from the Higher Relief Committee also went to the site. This morning, an army technical unit is on-site to analyze the area and prepare the final damage report.
The death toll from last night's Israeli strike on Ain Yaacoub in Akkar has reached over 16 killed, according to information obtained by our correspondent Michel Hallak from the Civil Defense. Twelve Lebanese and four Syrians were killed in the bombing, which hit an area that had, until now, been relatively spared from Israeli bombardments. About 15 others were injured, some critically.
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