Overview
- Lebanon’s health ministry reported one person killed and 21 wounded after an Israeli airstrike hit the crowded Haret Hreik district, the first strike on Beirut since June.
- Israel said it conducted a precision attack on Hezbollah’s chief of staff, identified by Israeli and Lebanese sources as Ali Tabtabai, though his fate was not confirmed and Hezbollah did not comment.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will keep striking Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza to prevent them from rebuilding military capabilities.
- A UN special rapporteur condemned near-daily Israeli strikes across Lebanon since the 2024 truce, citing civilian and UN peacekeeper casualties and warning the actions may constitute war crimes.
- Lebanon’s leaders have offered talks and advanced a plan to disarm non‑state groups, while U.S. officials said Israel did not notify Washington in advance of the Beirut strike, according to media reports.