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Beirut

This afternoon, a student demonstration was held in front of the main entrance to the American University of Beirut (AUB), bringing together students from the institution as well as from other universities in support of Palestinian in Gaza amid Israel's renewed onslaught there.

“The demonstration was organized spontaneously by a group of AUB students who have been mobilized since the start of the genocide in Gaza, in coordination with other clubs,” one participant told L'Orient Today. "It was about expressing our anger and reminding people that it's impossible to carry on with business as usual while hundreds of people are dying in Gaza.”

As demonstrators blocked the road, an altercation broke out between a young man and a university security guard. “We were blocking the road in front of the AUB entrance when a security guard asked a protester to withdraw. The demonstrator refused, and the security guard then got carried away, going so far as to grab him by his clothes,” says one of the rally's participants.

Israel

A senior Arab diplomat from one of the countries that mediated the cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel told The Times of Israel that “political considerations” are what led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the cease-fire with Hamas.

The diplomat declined to elaborate, but said, “even many Israelis see what’s going on,” an apparent reference to the protests against the government taking place around the country tonight and attended by thousands.

The two Arab mediating countries — Egypt and Qatar — have already come out against Israel for resuming the war last night, breaking with the other mediator, the United States, which blamed Hamas for the breakdown of the truce.

Israel

Former hostage Yarden Bibas, whose wife Shiri and sons Kfir and Ariel Bibas were killed while also held in Gaza, said Israel's resumption of the war endangers the lives of the remaining captives, Al Jazeera reports.

“Israel’s decision to return to fighting brings me back to Gaza," Bibas wrote in a social media post, "to the moments where I heard the sounds of explosions around me and where I feared for my life as I was afraid that the tunnel where I was being held would collapse."

The Israeli government said the Bibas children and their mother were murdered by their captors, while Hamas maintains that they were killed in an Israeli air strike, one of the thousands that flattened most of the Strip.

“My wife and children were kidnapped alive and were brutally murdered in captivity. The military pressure endangers the hostages while an agreement brings them home,” Bibas said.

Bekaa

Israeli fighter jets are flying at low altitude over the northern Bekaa region, Baalbeck, as well as villages to the east and west of Baalbeck, reports L'Orient Today's correspondent in the region.

South Lebanon

Dozens of residents are protesting the resumption of Israeli strikes in Gaza in demonstrations held in Rashidieh, Ain al-Helweh, and al-Bas Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon, and in Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Hamas in Lebanon called on Palestinians living in the camps to gather on the streets to “denounce the war of extermination and the occupation's massacres in Gaza," where more than 400 people were killed in less than 12 hours in an onslaught of Israeli bombardments early Tuesday morning.

Israel, continued

Several released hostages spoke at another rally calling for an end to the war, held in Hostages Square, also in Tel Aviv.

"Here I am, standing before you as a kidnapped man who survived and was released, telling you: Military activity endangers the lives of the kidnapped and directly harms them," said Sasha Tropanov, who was one of at least four former hostages present, protesting against Netanyahu's decision to restart the war against Gaza, where around 30 living hostages are still being held.

Israel

Thousands have gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square for the initial protest in what is reportedly a series of mass demonstrations planned across the country in the coming days, Haaretz reports.

The mobilization comes in light of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to break the cease-fire with Hamas and renew fighting in Gaza, as well as his intention to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, and is being led by the Defensive Shield Forum, a group of former senior security officials spanning generations of Israel's military, security and police services.

“The reality is that this attack [in Gaza] is being used as a tool for political interests," said Ora Peled Nakash, a former senior officer in Israel’s navy and an organizer of the protests, cited by the Guardian. "The way [they] operate is to create this external threat and accuse those who raise their voices of being anti-democratic,”

Yemen

The Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile launched toward Israel, saying it successfully targeted Israel's Nevatim air base with a "hypersonic ballistic missile type Palestine 2," as part of the groups attacks against Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, of which more than 400 were killed in Israeli bombardment overnight as the cease-fire collapsed. 

The Houthi spokesperson added that the Houthis will continue their operations against Israel in the near future if the fighting in Gaza does not stop.

The Israeli army said earlier that it had intercepted the Houthi missile over Saudi airspace using its long-range Arrow air defense system. Sirens were triggered in southern Israel, Haaretz reports.

Israel

Hundreds of Israelis have gathered outside Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv to protest the resumption of the fighting in Gaza, Haaretz reports.

Protesters blocked a main intersection and held signs that read: "Stop the genocide in Gaza," "There is no military solution," and dozens of signs reading "Refuse the war," calling on soldiers not to comply with the renewal of the fighting.

Amid reports of renewed clashes between the new Syrian authorities and Lebanese clans believed to be close to Hezbollah in the town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali (Hermel), on the Lebanese-Syrian border, a military source told L'Orient Today that "these shootings are taking place on the Syrian side."

"There is nothing on the Lebanese side," the source added.

The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile from Yemen before it reached Israeli borders, Haaretz reported.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the overnight strikes in Gaza were not a "one-day attack."

"We have struck Hamas and other terrorist targets in Gaza. This is not a one-day attack. We will continue the military operation in the coming days," Saar said during a speech to the board of the American pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, according to a statement from his office.

Air raid sirens sounded in southern Israel "due to the launch of a missile from Yemen," announced the Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee.

In a statement, Hamas in Lebanon called on Palestinians living in various camps across the country to "participate in protests" to "denounce the war of extermination and the massacres of the occupation in Gaza."

These protests will take place at 8 p.m. today in the following Palestinian camps: Ain al-Helweh, Mieh Mieh, Rashidieh, Beddawi, Burj al-Shemali, Nahr al-Bared, al-Jalil and Shatila.

The German foreign minister expressed her "great concern" following the end of the truce in Gaza, calling on "everyone to respect international humanitarian law."

"The images of burning tents in refugee camps are heartbreaking. Children fleeing and internally displaced people must never be used as leverage in negotiations," Annalena Baerbock said at a press conference in Berlin.

Lebanon

Hezbollah condemned the resumption of fighting in Gaza, saying that "the decision by Netanyahu's government to violate the cease-fire, in full partnership with the American administration, confirms that they do not respect any commitment and that they are two sides of the same bloodthirsty coin."

For reference...

Here is a list of officials killed in the overnight Israeli bombardment of Gaza, which triggered the collapse of the cease-fire. In targeting these officials, Israel killed over 400 people.

Hamas announced the killing of the following high-ranking officials: Issam al-Dalis (head of government public works), Ahmed al-Hatta (undersecretary of the Justice Ministry), Mahmoud Abu Watfa (undersecretary of the Interior Ministry), Bahjat Abu Sultan, (director general of the internal security service), Yasser Harb and Mohammed al-Jamasi (members of Hamas' political bureau).

Saudi news channel al-Hadath said that the leader of the Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, Hassan al-Naem Abu Ali, was killed in an Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis. Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for the Al-Quds Brigades, was also reportedly killed along with several members of his family, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his house in central Gaza, Reuters reported.

Lebanese outlet al-Mayadeen reported that the wife and five children of Abu Anas Shabana, Hamas' Rafah Brigade commander, were killed in the overnight Israeli strikes.

Palestine

The Palestinian Authority (PA) accused Hamas of "irresponsible behavior" in a statement released following the collapse of the cease-fire and deadly Israeli strikes that killed over 400 Palestinians in less than 24 hours.

According to Times of Israel, the Palestinian Presidential spokesperson said the PA condemns Israel's "massacre against our people," concluding the statement with “We condemn Hamas’ irresponsible behavior.”

Arab states have floated a plan for post-war Gaza that puts the PA in charge of a committee of technocrats assigned with the task of overseeing the Strip's reconstruction.

Gaza-Israel

Eliya Cohen, who was freed by Hamas under the cease-fire deal, said the resumption of war would be a "death sentence" for the remaining hostages, Haaretz reported. In an Instagram post, he addressed Alon Ohel and Elkana Bohbot, who are still being held in Gaza: "Sorry, my brothers," he wrote.

Another former hostage, Doron Streinbrecher, also released during the cease-fire, called for an immediate new deal. "I am here to support my family — the family of the hostages," she wrote on an Instagram page advocating for her release, according to the outlet. "I know what it's like to be there and what it feels like, and I won’t stop until everyone is home."

Gaza

The people of Gaza are once again living in "abject fear," the head of the U.N. Office for Humanitarian Affairs said Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes hit the Palestinian territory in what were by far the heaviest attacks since the cease-fire began.

"Last night, our worst fears came true. Airstrikes resumed across the Gaza Strip, with unconfirmed reports of hundreds of deaths (...). The people of Gaza are once again living in abject fear," Tom Fletcher said via video during a U.N. Security Council meeting.

Gaza

Israel says the air strikes on Gaza were carried out “in total coordination” with Washington, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said.

"I can confirm that the resumption of intense fighting was done in full coordination with Washington," he said at a press briefing. The White House had earlier stated that Israel consulted with the U.S. before launching the strikes.

Gaza

European leaders have spoken out about the recent Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the attacks, saying they "jeopardize the release of the hostages" during a public statement.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said he was at a loss for words to describe the situation in Gaza. "We must mourn and reject this new wave of violence and bombings, which are indiscriminately striking the civilian population," he told Onda Cero.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin also condemned the Israeli violence, calling on "all parties to respect the cease-fire, the agreement on hostage releases, and the resumption of negotiations."

"I will discuss the gravity of the situation in the Middle East with EU leaders at this week's European Council meeting and will push for the EU to take a clear and united stance to prevent further escalation," he added.

Lebanon-Syria

⚡Nearly 13,000 Syrians have fled to northern Lebanon from the massacres on the Syrian coast in early March, Lebanese authorities said, AFP reported.

According to a report consulted by AFP, the Disaster Management Chamber has recorded the arrival of 12,798 Syrians, in 23 towns in the Akkar district, where they are staying with families or in sheds.

Gaza

The Families Forum, Israel's largest association of relatives of hostages, has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sacrificing captives in Gaza by carrying out intense strikes on the territory, demanding to “stop killing” their loved ones, reports AFP.

Despite its demands, “government officials did not meet with us because they were preparing to explode the cease-fire, which could sacrifice” the hostages, the collective denounced in a statement.

It demanded a meeting with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the head of the negotiating team to explain “how the hostages will be protected from military pressure and how we intend to bring them back,” before concluding: “Stop killing them.”

“Military pressure could further endanger their lives and complicate efforts to bring them back safely,” the collective added.

Gaza

Sources in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad say the group's spokesman, Abu Hamza, has been killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza, Reuters reports.

Gaza

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said its teams deployed in central and southern Gaza were mobilized to respond to the influx of patients in hospitals.

The French NGO said it had received 55 killed and 113 wounded at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, 20 killed and 68 wounded at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, and 36 wounded at its field hospitals in al-Mawasi.

“We woke up, at around 2 a.m. [local time] to 20 minutes of air strikes and heavy artillery, just like during the last 15 months of the war,” said Claire Nicolet, MSF's head of emergencies, in a statement. “We are appalled and outraged by these new and unacceptable massacres of civilians.”

Israel-Syria

Israel says it struck artillery guns in Syria near the cease-fire line, according to AFP.

Gaza

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Tuesday called for immediate international action to call on Israel to implement an immediate cease-fire, respect the Gaza cease-fire agreement and resume negotiations, according to Reuters.

Gaza

The White House claimed that Hamas has chosen war by refusing to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip, which was hit overnight by the most violent strikes since the beginning of the truce, reports AFP.

“Hamas could have released the hostages to extend the cease-fire, but it chose refusal and war,” National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.

Gaza

France has condemned the resumption of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and called for an “immediate halt” to hostilities, which it says are compromising efforts to free hostages and “threatening the lives of Gaza's civilian population,” reports AFP.

“All parties must return to respecting the cease-fire in its entirety and engage in good-faith negotiations to make it permanent,” said the French Foreign Ministry spokesman, deploring "the very large number of victims" and urging the Israeli authorities "to ensure the permanent protection of all civilians."

Gaza

Oxfam's head of response in Gaza, Clemence Lagouardat, told Sky News that it has been 17 days since any aid entered the Gaza Strip, adding that the situation in hospitals is critical and that the care needed for people who were injured during the night "is not there."

"It is a critical situation and we are extremely worried," she added.

Gaza

The UK has called for the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip to be “reinstated” “as soon as possible” following overnight Israeli strikes on Palestinian territory, expressing concern about “appalling civilian casualties,” reports AFP.

“We want to see this cease-fire agreement restored as soon as possible,” said a spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He described as “appalling the civilian casualties reported as a result of these strikes” which killed over 400 Palestinians according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Lebanon-Syria

A Lebanese Army reconnaissance aircraft flew over the northern border area with Syria near Hermel, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA).

Gaza

The Israeli army stated in a statement that it is currently carrying out new airstrikes against "Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets" in Gaza, aiming at "weapon depots, launch sites, and other military infrastructure."

Over 413 Palestinians have been killed since last night in the enclave, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which also reported 562 injuries.

Israel

The far-right party of Itamar Ben-Gvir, "Religious Zionist Party," has agreed to rejoin Benjamin Netanyahu’s government after the resumption of the war in Gaza and massive Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave, according to Haaretz. The former Israeli Minister of National Security had announced in January that he had left the coalition supporting the current government following the signing of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Gaza

Saudi Arabia has condemned "in the strongest terms" the resumption of massive Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yemen

Yemen’s Houthi Foreign Minister declared that Houthi rebels are now "at war" with the United States and have no intention of "reducing" their actions against Israeli ships in the Red Sea, in response to American military pressure or calls from the group’s allies, such as Iran, according to Reuters.

Two senior Iranian officials also told the British agency that Iran had conveyed a verbal message to the Houthi envoy in Tehran on Friday to de-escalate tensions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also asked Oman, which has mediated with the Houthis, to deliver a similar message to the group during a visit to Muscat on Sunday.

Gaza

Turkey condemned "a new phase" in Israel’s "genocidal policy" following intense overnight airstrikes on Gaza.

"The massacre of hundreds of Palestinians during Israeli attacks on Gaza this morning shows that Netanyahu’s genocidal policy has entered a new phase," Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The international community must take a strong stance against Israel to ensure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid," the ministry added, calling it "unacceptable for Israel to provoke a new spiral of violence."

According to Ankara, these Israeli airstrikes, which have killed at least 330 people according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, "defy the laws of humanity."

Gaza

"The operation that started last night against Hamas hideouts is called 'Pride and Sword,'" Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X.

Gaza

Hamas condemned the "unlimited" support from the United States to Israel, which it said bears "full responsibility" for the casualties in Gaza from airstrikes.

"With its unlimited political and military support to [Israel], Washington bears full responsibility for the massacres of women and children in Gaza," said the Palestinian Islamist group in a statement. The White House had earlier confirmed that it was consulted before the strikes were launched.

Gaza

Jordan also condemned the violent airstrikes conducted overnight by Israel on Gaza, calling for an end to the bombings.

"We have been following the aggressive and barbaric Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip since yesterday [Monday] evening," said Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad Momani, denouncing a "crime against humanity" and emphasizing the need to "end this aggression."

Gaza

Iran "strongly condemned" the deadly Israeli airstrikes overnight on Gaza, calling for an end to the "genocide" against Palestinians.

"These attacks are a continuation of genocide and cleansing in occupied Palestine," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei in a statement, blaming the "U.S. government," Israel's ally.

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting this morning at the Israeli military headquarters in Kirya, Tel Aviv, his office said in a statement.

The Israeli PM discussed with Defense Minister Israel Katz, the new Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, and his military secretary, Major General Roman Gofman.

The statement from the PM’s office noted that "security chiefs" were present, while Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, whom Netanyahu had said he planned to dismiss this week, was not seen in the images of the meeting.

Gaza

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that his country had "no choice" but to resume the war against Gaza, as negotiations with Hamas had reached a "deadlock" over the past two and a half weeks.

"No cease-fire, no return of hostages," Saar said, describing the deadlock. "If we continue waiting, nothing will change," he added, stating that the ongoing Israeli military offensive demonstrates Israel's commitment to "achieving the war's objectives."

Gaza

The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid called for an end to the escalation in Gaza following new Israeli bombings.

"The new escalation in Gaza is devastating. Civilians are facing unimaginable suffering. This must stop," Hadja Lahbib wrote on X. "It is imperative to return to a ceasefire immediately," she added.

Gaza

"Numerous healthcare facilities" in Gaza are "literally overwhelmed" after new Israeli bombings, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reported on Tuesday, according to AFP. The World Health Organization (WHO) also reported shortages of medicines in the region.

"Palestinian Red Crescent teams mobilized during the nighttime attacks," said IFRC spokesperson Tommaso Della Longa, adding that the teams handled 150 deaths and 179 injuries, including those of children.

"This morning, our colleagues from the Palestinian Red Crescent informed us that many medical facilities were overwhelmed across the Gaza Strip," he said during a press briefing. He explained that this situation resulted from the number of patients arriving and the lack of medicines.

Gaza

Gaza's Ministry of Health has raised the death toll from Israeli strikes on the enclave to at least 413 Palestinians killed, reported Reuters.

Gaza

Hamas said contacts with mediators are continuing despite Israeli airstrikes and that it remains committed to implementing the cease-fire agreement in Gaza, according to Reuters.

Yemen

New U.S. airstrikes targeted Yemen on Tuesday morning, including two areas in the capital, Sanaa, according to the Houthi news agency Saba and Al-Massira TV. Other raids hit the Bajel region in Hodeida governorate, as well as a steel mill in al-Salif, which was "targeted 12 times," according to the Yemeni rebels' official media.

The Houthis also claimed their third attack in 48 hours on U.S. warships Tuesday, despite intensified American strikes that killed 53 people and injured 98 on Sunday, according to Yemen's Health Ministry. Washington said the strikes also killed "several movement leaders."

Unconfirmed reports circulating on X from Saudi sources claim that U.S. forces have sunk an Iranian intelligence vessel, the Zagros.

Gaza

An Israeli airstrike on a car in Abasan, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killed at least six people — all members of the same family, according to Al Jazeera correspondents.

Gaza

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said he was "horrified" by the latest wave of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, calling them "a tragedy upon a tragedy," according to Reuters. He also condemned what he described as the accelerating annexation of the occupied West Bank, citing a recent U.N. report.

"Israel's transfer of part of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies amounts to a war crime," Türk said.

Gaza

Hamas denied Israel’s claims that the group was preparing an attack, calling them "baseless" and a "pretext" to justify resuming war, according to Reuters.

Egypt said the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza violate the cease-fire and urged all parties to exercise restraint, the agency reported.

Gaza

In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the “brutal attack” underway in Gaza and accused Israel of “avoiding its obligations to end the war” by seeking to keep its armed troops in the Palestinian enclave.

“The Ministry affirms that political solutions are essential to achieve calm, end the aggression and restore the political horizon to resolve the conflict,” the Ramallah-based ministry added, calling for "urgent international intervention to stop the crime of genocide and the displacement of our people in Gaza."

Israel-Gaza

The Families Forum, Israel's largest association of relatives of hostages, called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to “stop killing” their loved ones, following heavy overnight Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

“The families of the hostages demand a meeting this morning with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the head of the negotiating team, during which they will be assured how the hostages will be protected from military pressure and how we intend to bring them back,” their statement detailed before concluding: "stop killing them (...) now!"

Gaza

Hamas Deputy Interior Minister Mahmoud Abou Watfa was killed in Israeli army strikes in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas official told the Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab).

In addition, family sources reported that three Hamas government representatives had been killed: Issam al-Da'alis, Mohammad al-Jamassi and Yasser Harb.

Yemen

Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Monday night that they carried out their third attack in 48 hours against the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry Truman in the Red Sea, in response to U.S. strikes on the country.

“In the last few hours, Yemeni armed forces have successfully targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the northern Red Sea with two cruise missiles and two drones, and targeted a U.S. destroyer with a cruise missile and two drones,” they said on Telegram

Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces' Arabic-language spokesman issued evacuation warnings to residents of several areas in Gaza, calling on them to evacuate Beit Hanoun, Khirbet Khuza’a, Abasan al-Kabira and al-Jadida in anticipation of new military operations.

"These marked areas are considered dangerous combat zones (…) For your safety, you must evacuate immediately to the known shelters in western Gaza City and Khan Younis," the spokesman warned.

Gaza

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered that the Rafah crossing, which connects Gaza to Egypt, remain closed to patients seeking medical treatment abroad as part of pressure tactics against Hamas, according to Israeli media.

Dozens of injured and sick Palestinians have left Gaza through this crossing since the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel took effect in January. However, thousands more need medical care abroad, according to the World Health Organization.

Gaza

The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territories, Muhannad Hadi, condemned Israel’s renewed military operations in Gaza.

"Since the early hours of the morning, waves of airstrikes have hit the Gaza Strip," he said. "According to initial and unconfirmed reports, hundreds of people have been killed. This is unacceptable. A cease-fire must be restored immediately. The people of Gaza are enduring unimaginable suffering," he added, as quoted by Haaretz.

Gaza

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised the "return to intense attacks" on Gaza, saying it was part of a gradual process planned since Israel’s new military chief, Eyal Zamir, took office earlier this month. He added that this approach "will be completely different from what has been done so far," according to Israeli media.

Meanwhile, former far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who resigned as national security minister following the cease-fire agreement, said the resumption of fighting was a "correct and justified move."

Gaza

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, the most intense since the cease-fire took effect on Jan. 19, have killed at least 330 people, the Palestinian Civil Defense announced Tuesday. Hamas accused Israel of "torpedoing" the truce.

The Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said early Tuesday that they were carrying out "extensive strikes" against Hamas in Gaza, as negotiations for a second phase of the cease-fire remained stalled.

Israel will continue its military operations in Gaza "until all the hostages return home," Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said.

The Houthis condemned Israel’s strikes on Gaza and vowed to continue their escalation.

Lebanon-Syria

A fragile calm prevailed this morning along the Lebanese-Syrian border, following a flare-up between predominantly Shiite clans — reportedly close to Hezbollah — and members of the Syrian armed forces, our correspondent in the region reported.

The Federation of Hermel Municipalities called for schools to close today. According to our correspondent, the clashes damaged a secondary school building in Lebbaya (western Bekaa).

At least seven people have been killed in the border villages, and 52 others have been wounded and hospitalized. The fighting also caused damage to homes in the region. On the Syrian side, the casualty toll remains unknown. However, according to information relayed by our correspondent, the strikes resulted in fatalities.

On Monday, Lebanon and Syria agreed to a cease-fire at the border.

Good morning. Thank you for joining us for today's live coverage of the cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza and the events in the region. Make sure to read today's Morning Brief to catch up on the weekend's main events.