Overview
- Hezbollah said it launched drones and rockets at Israeli bases including Ramat David, Meron and Naffakh, describing the attacks as retaliation for the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader in an Israeli strike in Tehran.
- Israel carried out widespread airstrikes across Lebanon, including Beirut’s southern suburbs, with Lebanese authorities reporting 52 killed and more than 150 wounded.
- The Israeli military said it killed Hezbollah intelligence figure Hussein Makled in Beirut and later named Reza Khazai among those struck, while Israeli strikes damaged Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour radio facilities.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz authorized the IDF to take additional strategic positions inside Lebanon; Israeli forces moved to forward positions as UNIFIL observed brief crossings and the army ordered residents of over 80 Lebanese villages to evacuate.
- Lebanon’s army redeployed from several advanced border posts as authorities recorded roughly 29,000 people displaced, and a senior Hezbollah official signaled readiness for open war as exchanges continued.