Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a strike carried out with exploding drones and precision-guided "missiles" against the Tel Haim base, linked to the Israeli army's intelligence services. The base is located in Tel Aviv, some 120 kilometers from the Blue Line.
The party had struck this base for the first time at the end of last week.
Earlier, the Israeli army had confirmed that five people had been injured after debris from an interceptor missile fell on Ramat Gan, north of Tel Aviv.
Israel's Foreign Minister has urged the U.N. Security Council to "act urgently" to stop Iraq from carrying out drone attacks against Israel from its territory.
"This evening I sent a letter to the President of the U.N. Security Council in which I called for immediate action regarding the activity of the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, whose territory is being used to attack Israel," wrote Gideon Saar on X.
Hezbollah announced four new attacks:
- It launched a salvo of missiles "for the fifth time" at Israeli soldiers south of Khiam, in southern Lebanon's Marjayoun district at 9 p.m.
- It also launched a barrage of rockets "for the second time" at Israeli soldiers east of Khiam at 9:45 p.m.
- "For the second time" it struck Israeli soldiers in Margaliot, in Israel's far north and opposite the Lebanese village of Houla (Marjayoun), with a salvo of missiles at 9:45 p.m.
- At 6:25 p.m., the party launched a squadron of "qualitative" drones — a term used to refer to precision weaponry — at "sensitive military sites in the city of Tel Aviv." The statement added that more details would be provided at a later time. The attack was part of the party's Khaybar operations, launched shortly after the Israeli assassination of its former secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, on Sept. 27.
On Saturday, Hezbollah had already announced a series of simultaneous attacks on several bases in the Haifa region.
Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a U.S. proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, though they maintain "some comments" about its terms, MP Ali Hassan Khalil, a close aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, told Reuters today.
“Lebanon presented its comments on the document in a positive atmosphere,” Khalil said, without providing further details. “All the comments we made affirm our strict adherence to U.N. Resolution 1701 with all its provisions.” Khalil added that the initiative’s success now hinges on Israel
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament that the explosion of Hezbollah members' communication devices on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 was launched ahead of schedule because the attack was "about to be discovered." According to him, the attack was originally scheduled for October.
"From the moment I learned that this was about to be revealed, I decided that it was necessary to act immediately ... There were those who argued that the U.S. should be informed ahead of time. I argued that the U.S. should not be informed because this could lead to either resistance or a leak, which is the same thing. A leak would have immediately demonstrated the effectiveness of the move. I denied it outright — and we acted,” he stated, according to comments reported by Times of Israel.
He also speaks about his deliberations ahead of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: “A legitimate argument arose that such an action could lead to the expansion of the campaign,” he stated, arguing that while the U.S. advised against it and asked to be informed, he maintained "with all due respect to our friends in the U.S., I rejected it outright.”
Netanyahu also claimed that "in the operations that followed, 70-80 percent of Hezbollah's rocket and missile capabilities were destroyed."
A total of 120 rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon today, reported Haaretz, citing the Israeli army. The army said that ten rockets were launched from Lebanon in the latest salvo, aimed at northern Israel in the evening.
At around 6 p.m. the army stated that 100 rockets had been fired at northern Israel since the morning.
The United States believes that no country should host Hamas members, said the State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a warning to Turkey.
"I've seen the reports that some of the leadership of Hamas, who had been in Doha, have now moved to Turkey ... We will make clear to the government of Turkey, as we have made clear to every country in the world, that there can be no more business as usual with Hamas," Miller stated.
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Israeli security services stand in front of a heavily damaged building at the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Ramat Gan, north of Tel Aviv, on Nov. 18, 2024.
The Israeli army claimed that it intercepted a missile fired from Lebanon, and five people were injured following the interception.
Hezbollah has not yet claimed the attack.
Five people were injured this evening in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, one of them seriously, following the interception of a missile fired from Lebanon, according to information provided by the Israeli army and emergency services.
The army said in a statement that it had "intercepted a projectile ... from Lebanon," while police reported falling debris in the Tel Aviv area. Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, reported that five people were injured in Ramat Gan, in the eastern suburbs of Tel Aviv, including a woman in serious condition.
AFPTV footage shot in the town showed a fire on a sidewalk at the foot of an electricity pylon at around 10 pm. local time (20:00 GMT), with several buildings in the vicinity having their windows blown out.
Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the area around Deir Mimas, in southern Lebanon Marjayoun district, reported our correspondent.
Hezbollah announced that at 7 p.m. it launched a squadron of drones on a gathering of Israeli soldiers west of the southern Lebanese village of Alma al-Shaab (Sour district), adding that it hit its target.
The Gaza Interior Ministry announced that at least 20 people had been killed in an operation against looters of aid destined for the besieged, war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
"More than 20 people who were members of gangs looting humanitarian trucks were killed in an operation carried out by the security services" in cooperation with members of local clans in the Palestinian coastal territory, the ministry said in a statement.
Hezbollah announced two new attacks:
- At 7:10 p.m., it fired a salvo of rockets at the Krayot area, north of Haifa.
- It also launched another salvo of rockets at the Shraga base — the administrative headquarters of the Golani brigade command — north of the city of Acre, for the second time today, also at 7: 10 p.m.
Eli Bin, director of Magen David Adom — the equivalent of the Israeli Red Cross — was interviewed by public broadcaster Kan and reported light injuries in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, according to AFP.
The Israeli army claimed to have intercepted a drone launched from Lebanon after drone sirens went off near Haifa.
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told a press briefing that progress has been made in negotiations on the cease-fire agreement in Lebanon, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid.
Hezbollah announced that at 4:45 p.m. it launched exploding drones at the Regavim base — a military base that houses the Golani Brigade training camps — located 65 kilometers from the Lebanese border, southeast of the city of Haifa. It added that the targets were hit with precision.
In its statement, the party said that the attack was part of the Khaybar series of operations, launched after the assassination of the party's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, by Israel on Sept. 27. As is the case with the Khaybar operations, the attack was carried out "to cries of 'Labayka ya Nasrallah [At your command Nasrallah]."
The Israeli army claimed to have intercepted a rocket launched from Lebanon at Tel Aviv, according to Haaretz.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed to Asharq al-Awsat that U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein's visit to Beirut is scheduled for tomorrow, denying rumors of his cancellation.
Hochstein will receive the Lebanese response to the U.S. cease-fire initiative tomorrow, he added.
Lebanon has submitted a written response to the U.S. truce proposal, a Lebanese official source and the al-Jadeed TV channel said, according to Reuters.
Latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:
- Two houses were destroyed in the strike on Ansarieh.
- Two bodies were retrieved by the al-Rissala Scouts, affiliated to the Amal movement, and they rescued the wounded following the strike on the road leading to Maarakeh in Sour.
- Israeli warplanes bombed Bint Jbeil.
- Clashes, exchanges of gunfire and rocket fire can be heard on the southwestern and eastern outskirts of Khiam (Marjayoun), reported our correspondent. Israeli airstrikes simultaneous with artillery fire continued to bomb various neighborhoods in Khiam. Our correspondent added that Israeli forces are making repeated attempts to breach the defense lines of Hezbollah fighters stationed in Khiam without success so far
⚡US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut today, according to information obtained by L'Orient Today.
The toll from the Israeli strike on Zoqaq al-Blat has risen to at least five killed and 24 wounded, according to the Health Ministry.
Israel "will carry out military operations" against Hezbollah even in the event of a truce agreement in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Jerusalem.
"The most important thing is not [what is on] paper if there is an [agreement], but the fact that we will have the obligation, in order to ensure security in the north, to systematically carry out operations against possible Hezbollah attacks ... but also to prevent [its] strengthening," Netanyahu told parliament.
Latest Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:
- In the Saida district, an airstrike targeted an area between Ansarieh and Loubieh (Saida).
- In the Bint Jbeil district, airstrike bombed Kafra, Yater and Hadatha.
- In the Sour district, heavy artillery fire targeted Deir Qanoun and Sammaiyeh.
🔴 Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,516 people and wounded 14,929 since Oct. 8, 2023, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
According to an initial provisional toll from the Health Ministry, the Israeli strike on Zoqaq al-Blat, central Beirut, killed at least four people and wounded eight others.
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U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein "will leave Washington to Beirut shortly," a U.S. official told Axios journalist Barak Ravid.
The Israeli strike on Zoqaq al-Blat, central Beirut, targeted an area a few kilometers from the headquarters of UNESCO and the Lebanese Parliament, and a few meters from the Grand Serail and several embassies.
The office of Bashoura's Mokhtar (local official), Hassan Choumen, is located in the targeted building in Zoqaq al-Blat, according to Jamal Amayrat, one of the neighborhood's mokhtars.
Here are the latest developments in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
- One person was killed and two wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting the Abbassieh crossroad (Sour district).
- Israeli airstrikes targeted Mazraat Meshref (Sour), the village of Sultanieh (Bint Jbeil) and an area between Harouf and Jebsheet (Nabatieh district).
According to Jamal Amayrat, a mukhtar (local official) of Zoqaq al-Blat, the Israeli strike hit an apartment located behind the Hussienieh, a building used for religious practices by the Shiite community.
The strike targeted a densely populated alley frequented by residents, including a popular cafeteria, he said. Amayrat added that the number of casualties remains unknown.
At least six people were injured when a rocket hit a building in northern Israel, Israel's ambulance service said. One woman was trapped in the building.
The Israeli army said around five projectiles were fired from Lebanon. "Attempts to intercept them have been made and the projectiles that fell have been identified," the army added.
Latest Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:
- Incessant Israeli airstrikes targeted Khiam (Marjayoun).
- Two Israeli airstrikes targeted Jabal al-Rihane (Jezzine).
Here are the latest developments on the Lebanese-Israeli border, according to our correspondent:
- Three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the village of Maarakeh (Sour).
- The Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Khiam (Marjayoun).
- Rockets were fired from southern Lebanon at Israeli sites.
Ambulances were dispatched to the target area in Zoqaq al-Blat, reported our correspondent, who also reported injuries.
⚡ A loud explosion has just been heard in Beirut. According to our information, the explosion came from the vicinity of Hussieniyet al-Zahra, at the intersection of Zoqaq al-Blat and Salim Salam.
The South Lebanon Water Board said in a statement that Israeli airstrikes on the city of Sour earlier today destroyed the Buss water station and killed two employees.
"Today, the attacks targeted the building of the water station that supplies the city of Sour and its surroundings. This resulted in the death of two employees, Samer Shaghari and Qassem Wehbi, as well as significant material damage to all the station's facilities," the statement read.
The Water Board called on humanitarian and international organizations to exert pressure to stop targeting vital facilities, particularly water installations, and ensure the continuity of water supplies for the citizens of the South.
According to our correspondent, Samer Chaghari is also a mukhtar of Sour and Qassem Wehbi the deputy mayor of Burj al-Shemali.
Update on Hezbollah announcements of attacks on Israel:
- Hezbollah fired rockets at a gathering of Israeli soldiers east of Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil) at 4 p.m.
- In two separate attacks — one at 4 p.m. and another at 5:15 p.m. — Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli soldiers gathered at Dishon in northern Israel, opposite the Lebanese village of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil).
- Hezbollah fired a guided missile at a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Shtula, opposite Lebanese Aita al-Shaab, at 4:30 p.m., adding it caused "deaths and injuries."
The Lebanese Foreign Affairs Ministry has instructed the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations to lodge a complaint with the U.N. Security Council in response to "repeated Israeli attacks on the Lebanese Army."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Israel's attack on Iran last month degraded its defense and missile production capabilities, and also hit an element of its nuclear program.
"This is no secret. A specific element of their nuclear program that was affected by this attack," Netanyahu said in a speech to parliament, as reported by Reuters.
He added, however, that Iran's path to nuclear weapons had not been blocked.
The Israeli air strike that targeted the village of Qana (Sour) earlier today killed two cousins, Abbas Hakim and Yasser Hakim, according to our correspondent in the South.
Israeli artillery fire targeted al-Hosh and Bazourieh in Sour, reported our correspondent in southern Lebanon.
Here's an update on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:
- Three people were injured in the previously reported strike on Kharayeb (Saida).
- A warplane bombed Khiam (Marjayoun).
In southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeted a house in Kharayeb (Saida), and al-Hosh neighborhood in Sour.
Casualty toll of Sunday Israeli strikes in Beirut:
- The Israeli strike that targeted Hezbollah media chief Mohammad Afif in Ras al-Nabaa on Sunday killed seven people, including a woman, and injured 16 others, according to a final toll from the Lebanese Health Ministry.
- The latest toll from Sunday's Israeli strike on the Mar Elias neighborhood was three killed, including a young woman, and 29 wounded.
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein informed Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that he is postponing his visit to Beirut pending clarification of the Lebanese position on the cease-fire, a source told L'Orient Today.
Hochstein was expected in Beirut on Tuesday and in Israel on Wednesday.
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, had reported a "positive response" from Lebanon — and therefore from Hezbollah — to the proposed agreement submitted to Berri by the United States last Wednesday. He did, however, mention a number of points that still need to be discussed "face-to-face".
The Union of Municipalities of Bint Jbeil has announced that the Red Cross has recovered the bodies of six firefighters under the rubble in the village of Baraasheet (Bint Jbeil district). Those rescue workers were killed in an Israeli strike on the Baraasheet emergency center on Oct. 7.
Eight other firefighters were killed in the same strike, their bodies having been recovered earlier. In total, 14 firefighters were killed in the Oct. 7 Israeli strike.
Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon:
- An Israeli strike in the town of Nabatieh targeted a house in the al-Midan neighborhood.
- Artillery fire bombarded the outskirts of Kfar Shuba, as well as Khraibeh, at the entrances to the locality of Rashaya al-Foukhar in the Hasbaya district.
Israeli warplanes carried out strikes and destroyed three houses in the villages of Yohmor and Sohmor in the western Bekaa, according to our correspondent in the region. No casualties were reported.
Hezbollah announced that it launched rockets at 3 p.m. at the Israeli town of Kerem Ben Zimra. This is the first time this locality in northern Israel, near Safed, has been the target of Hezbollah fire.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks: one at 11:30 a.m. on Israeli soldiers gathered at Kiryat Shmona in the Upper Galilee; and the other at 3 p.m. on Israeli soldiers at the Margaliot site.
Israeli aircraft targeted and destroyed two homes in the Yohmor in the western Bekaa. No casualties have yet been reported so far.
Hezbollah media team members killed in the Israeli strike targeting Mohammad Afif in Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut. (Credit: Photos published by Hezbollah War Media telegram channel)
Hezbollah has announced the deaths of four members of its media team, killed in the Israeli strike that targeted the party's media chief, Mohammad Afif, on Sunday in Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood in central Beirut.
They include Moussa Haidar, born in 1969 and originally from Markaba, Mahmoud Sharqawi, born in 1970 and originally from Arzi, Hilal Tormos, born in 1988 and originally from Tallousseh, and Hussein Ramadan, born in 1992 and originally from Aramta.
This is the first time in around two months that the party has announced the death of members of its party, other than its cadres. The party has stopped detailing those announcements following the Israeli attack on their communication devices.
Update on the situation in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa:
- In the Sour district: An Israeli strike targeted a house in Toura, resulting in injuries. The wounded were transported to hospitals in the region by al-Risala Scouts, affiliated with the Amal movement. Also, Israeli strikes targeted Maarakeh.
- In the Marjayoun district, Israeli bombardments in Qana killed two paramedics working with the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah. The Lebanese Health Ministry condemned the attack as "a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."
- Israeli strikes targeted the southern city of Nabatieh.
- Israeli airstrikes hot Sohmor in western Bekaa.
"There is no more words," said outgoing head of the European Union Josep Borrell, describing the situation in Gaza, before chairing his last scheduled meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers.
"I exhausted the words to explain what's happening in the Middle East," Borrell told reporters, barely concealing his frustration at the EU's failure to weigh on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his five-year mandate. "There is no more words," he continued. "It's about 44,000 people killed in Gaza, the whole area is being destroyed, and 70 percent of the people being killed are women or children."
Borrell confirmed he would urge ministers to suspend a political dialogue with Israel — part of a wider agreement governing trade ties — over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at the city of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the village of Hosen in northern Israel at 2:50 p.m. The group added that this is the first time it targets Hosen.
There is no alternative to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, its head has asserted, despite Israel's decision to ban it.
“There is no plan B within the United Nations family, because there is no other agency capable of providing the same activities,” assured UNRWA's Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini of Switzerland, at a press conference in Geneva.
Latest updates from southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
- An Israeli airstrike targeted a school named "Chbeil" in the Jezzine district, causing electricity outages in the villages of Qotrani and Sarira (Jezzine) due to the bombardment.
- The town of Aishieh (Jezzine) is under continuous Israeli artillery shelling.
- Israeli warplanes struck the village of Mansouri (Sour district).
- An Israeli airstrike destroyed houses in the central square of Qana (Sour district).
- Another airstrike targeted the vicinity of the Khiam detention center, as Israeli forces attempt to seize control of the site. Concurrently, clashes involving machine guns and artillery are ongoing southeast of Khiam (Marjayoun district).
Latest updates from southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
Four people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Jwayya (Sour district).
An Israeli airstrike has targeted a house in Zawtar Sharqieh (Nabatieh). Three people have been lightly wounded.
Two Israeli airstrikes have targeted houses in the villages of Toura and Maarakeh (Sour district).
The Israeli airstrike in the vicinity of the village of Halta (Hasbaya district), earlier reported by L'Orient Today, targeted a house. A woman was lightly injured.
Situation update in southern Lebanon as of 2 p.m.
Israeli jets broke the sound barrier twice over Saida, Jezzine, and the Iqlim al-Kharroub area in the Nabatieh district.
Airstrikes targeted the outskirts of Halta (Hasbaya district) and Kafra (Bint Jbeil district).
A drone strike near the town of Qana caused no casualties, while artillery bombardments targeted the region and the village of Mansouri (Sour district).
Cluster bombs struck areas along the Litani River near the village of Blat (Marjayoun district).
The Israeli airstrike that targeted a water company in the city of Sour killed Kassem Wehbi, the deputy mayor of Burj al-Shemali (Sour district), according to our correspondent in the South.
Earlier, our correspondent reported that a mukhtar of the city was also killed in the strike.
Cited by Haaretz, the Israeli army said that about 60 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel since midnight.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a drone attack at 10:45 a.m. targeting a group of Israeli soldiers at the new headquarters of the western brigade command in the Ya'ara barracks. The party stated that the targets were hit "with precision." Ya'ara is located in northern Israel, about three kilometers from the Blue Line, opposite Alma al-Shaab (Sour).
At 12:45 p.m., Hezbollah claimed another rocket attack on Israeli soldiers east of the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon, in the Marjayoun district.
According to Al Jazeera, an Israeli raid on a house near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza killed at least 17 people. Another strike on a house near al-Jalaa Street in western Gaza City killed seven people and injured many others, the Qatari outlet reported.
Medical sources cited by Al Jazeera stated that at least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since dawn, including 30 in the northern part of the enclave.
"There are no more words. I’ve exhausted all the words to describe what is happening in the Middle East," said Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, in Brussels.
Borrell lamented the scale of casualties, stating, "There are approximately 44,000 dead in Gaza, and 70 percent of them are women and children." He added, "When you look at their ages, most are children under nine years old."
The Israeli army announced the destruction of dozens of rocket launchers, rocket-propelled grenade systems, and other weapons in southern Lebanon.
In a post on X, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee stated that operations in southern Lebanon uncovered "dozens of surface and underground residential complexes, multiple launchers, mortars, rocket-propelled grenade depots, and a significant amount of military equipment used by the enemy to conduct hundreds of terrorist plots against Israel over the past year."
According to correspondents, here is the situation in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa as of 1 p.m.:
Nabatieh: An Israeli strike on a house near the government hospital road killed one person, injured several others, and caused significant damage.
Khiam (Marjayoun district): Israeli air raids targeted a house in the southern part of the town.
Aishieh (Jezzine District): Another airstrike hit the outskirts of the village, while artillery shelled the entrances to Deir Mimas (Marjayoun district) and the villages of Jwayya and Mahrouneh (Sour District).
Northern Bekaa: Ali Mohammed Kassem Wehbe, a child injured in an Israeli strike on Beit Bou Esber in Baalbek, succumbed to his wounds.
The funeral of Hezbollah's media official, Mohammad Afif Naboulsi, was held in Saida, according to our correspondent. Afif was killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike on the headquarters of the Baath Party in the Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood in central Beirut.
A photo shows Afif’s coffin, draped in a Hezbollah flag, placed in front of a poster featuring him alongside former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, surrounded by about a dozen people.
Hezbollah has claimed new attacks on Israeli army positions, while Israel reported the launch of 30 missiles from Lebanon:
At 10 a.m., the party said it launched a “salvo of missiles” at the locality of Gornot Ha-Galil, across from the Lebanese village of Yarin (Sour).
At 11 a.m., it announced targeting the Shraga base, described as the “administrative headquarters of the Golani Brigade,” located north of Acre.
According to Israel’s Channel 12, buildings and vehicles were also damaged in Kiryat Shmona in the Upper Galilee following a missile attack claimed earlier by Hezbollah.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told Al Araby TV that Lebanon's response to the U.S. truce proposal was positive, but that some points still need to be discussed.
He said that he hasn't heard of a condition regarding Israel's freedom of military movements in Lebanon, adding that this is just speculation.
Mikati added that U.S. Envoy Amos Hochstein will visit Lebanon soon and that "hazy files will be resolved face-to-face."
The Prime Minister also said that he met with the Lebanese Army leadership today and was briefed on the army's plan to reinforce its presence in southern Lebanon.
"What matters to me is to strengthen the army's presence in southern Lebanon and that there are no [illegitimate] weapons," he finally said.
Several Israeli strikes targeted Sour, according to information from our correspondent. One of these strikes targeted the outskirts of the city's barracks, while another hit Burj al-Shemali, east of Sour. Ambulances were dispatched to the scene.
An Israeli strike targeted the entrance to Kfar Roummane (Nabatieh).
The NNA reported that the bodies of two medics from the Islamic Health Committee killed overnight in southern Lebanon were recovered in Braasheet (Bint Jbeil). Red Cross vehicles were able to access the village this morning.
Six other medics had been killed in an earlier Israeli strike on the committee’s center in Houmin Tahta (Nabatieh).
Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, when Israeli forces struck a group of displaced individuals, Al Jazeera reported.
The previous day, at least 50 people were killed in an airstrike on a multi-story building. Gaza's Health Ministry Director-General Mounir al-Bursh told Al Jazeera that nearly 30 percent of the victims in the "massacre" at Beit Lahia were children.
Separately, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least four members of the same family — a husband, wife, and two children — were killed in an airstrike targeting tents housing displaced people in the "safe zone" of Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis.
The media office of the Amal Movement extended condolences to Hezbollah following the death of Mohammad Afif Naboulsi, Hezbollah's media communications chief, in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood.
"Before and during the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, Mohammad Afif was a beacon for resistance media, undeterred by Israeli threats," Amal stated. "He maintained daily contact with journalists." Amal hailed Naboulsi as a "martyr of the defense of free and responsible speech."
Israel's Channel 12 reported that the U.S. envoy to the Middle East Amos Hochstein will visit Israel on Wednesday, adding that this is "a significant signal for progress in contacts" to secure a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.
Reuters reported earlier today that Hochstein is due to visit Lebanon tomorrow.
Hochstein has been overseeing contacts to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah since the beginning of the conflict.
Hezbollah claimed an attack on Israeli troops gathered in Khiam (Marjayoun), where fighting has been ongoing since Sunday evening, with Hezbollah launching “salvos of missiles” three times during the night between 2 and 3 a.m., according to the party. The clashes continue on Monday morning.
The party claimed responsibility for a fourth attack at 9.20 a.m., again against Israeli soldiers stationed in Khiam.
According to our correspondent, further Israeli strikes were recorded in South Lebanon.
- Israeli aircraft targeted the localities of Zebqine, and between the neighboring towns of Tayr Harfa, Jibbayn and Shihine (Sour district).
- Artillery fire also hit Khiam (Marjayoun), while white phosphorus shells were reportedly used by the Israeli army in Majdal Zoun (Sour).
- Earlier this morning, the Israeli air strike on a house in Nabatieh Fawqa killed at least two people, according to initial reports.
🔴 U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will visit Beirut tomorrow, Tuesday, for talks on a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese political source told Reuters on Monday.
The Lebanese media Voice of Lebanon also reported on the visit, citing MP Kassem Hachem, a member of the Baath party and ally of the Amal Movement's parliamentary bloc.
The state-run National News Agency also reported that six rescuers were killed in an Israeli strike targeting the Islamic Health Committee center in Houmin Tahta (Nabatieh). Their names are Moustapha Hanaoui, Mohammad Hanaoui, Hassan Abboud, Ahmad Abbas Abboud, Ahmed Mahmoud Abboud, and Abbas Abboud.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health stated that two paramedics were killed and two others injured during Israeli nighttime attacks in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese government and human rights groups have accused Israel of deliberately targeting medical personnel in Lebanon, as Israeli attacks have killed more than 200 health workers since the war in southern Lebanon began on Oct. 8, 2023.
This morning, two airstrikes hit Nabatieh Fawqa. A house on the outskirts of the village of Zawtar Sharqieh (Nabatieh), near Ain al-Samahieh, was also targeted.
Three airstrikes destroyed three houses in Yohmor al-Shaqif, south of Nabatieh.
The Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center reported that Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Sour district on Sunday killed a total of 11 people and injured 48 others.
In addition, numerous Israeli attacks were recorded in various regions of southern Lebanon, according to reports from correspondent:
Israeli artillery bombarded the village of Khiam and its surroundings for two hours, between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., with the sounds of clashes and rocket fire exchanges audible in the southern area.
A heavy wave of airstrikes targeted 25 towns in Nabatieh and Iqlim al-Touffah regions overnight:
Jezzine district: Aramta, Aishieh, Mahmoudieh and Rihan
Saida district: Adloun, Anqoun, Arqi, Kharayeb, Teffahta and Zrarieh
Nabatieh district: Ansar, Arab Salim, Azzeh, Deir Zahrani, Habboush, Houmin Fawqa, Jbaa, Jibsheet, Kfar Joz, Kfar Tibnit, Roumin, Zawtar Sharqieh and Zefta
Marjayoun district: Blat and Debbine
Hezbollah claimed it launched a salvo of missiles at 12:30 a.m. toward the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
During the night, Hezbollah claimed five attacks on Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon:
Around 9 p.m., the party announced it targeted a Merkava tank located between Tayr Harfa and Jibbayn (Sour district) with a missile, "leading to its destruction" and causing "one death and one injury" among its crew, according to the statement.
Around 10 p.m., Hezbollah announced it targeted gatherings of Israeli troops in the village of Khiam twice (Marjayoun) with a "barrage of missiles," marking the "seventh and eighth strikes" of the day. It also claimed to have deployed a "squadron of exploding drones that hit their target precisely" at the same time, directed at the same Israeli troops infiltrated in Khiam.
According to these reports, two blocks of the “Diyar” building caught fire following the Israeli strike, burning a perfume shop, two apartments, warehouses and fuel tanks, which exploded.
Yesterday, Israeli airstrikes targeted two neighborhoods in central Beirut, Ras al-Nabaa and Mar Elias.
In Ras al-Nabaa, the strike on the headquarters of the Syrian Baath Party in Lebanon killed two people, including Hezbollah’s media officer Mohammad Afif Naboulsi.
In Mar Elias, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), civil defense operations to extinguish the fire in the targeted building continued into the night, with firefighters now cooling the area. The agency reported four killed and 22 injured.
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