Overview
- Israeli forces struck the southern suburbs of Beirut for the first time since the ceasefire, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the goal was to hit Hezbollah’s Radwan commander.
- Israeli media said Malek Ballout may have been killed in the Beirut strike, though that claim has not been confirmed.
- The Israeli military also expanded attacks across southern Lebanon and ordered residents in about a dozen towns to evacuate, according to reporting cited by LA NACION.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported about 2,702 people killed since March 2, with thousands more wounded and many families uprooted by repeated flight.
- Hezbollah said it carried out 12 attacks on Israeli troops, and the Israeli army reported rockets, drones, and mortars launched from Lebanon without Israeli casualties reported.
- UNHCR warned that widespread damage to homes and basic services is driving new displacement, and UN peacekeepers said they delivered food and medical aid to hard‑to‑reach areas in Beirut, Sidon, and Tyre.