Overview
- Hezbollah confirmed top commander Haytham Ali Tabtabai was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, with funerals drawing large crowds and leaders weighing a response.
- Hospital and media reports said at least four Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Monday as Israeli fire hit areas including zones beyond the so‑called Yellow Line, which Israel says delineates its controlled areas.
- Israel’s military said it targeted militants crossing the Yellow Line, while Hamas sent a senior delegation to Cairo to discuss enforcement of the October ceasefire and accused Israel of continued violations.
- Israel’s army chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, dismissed and reprimanded senior commanders for failures tied to the October 7, 2023 attack, with several of those penalized already out of active posts.
- Palestinian factions reported recovering the body of an Israeli captive in central Gaza under a remains-for-remains arrangement, with two bodies still to be located under the truce’s first phase.