Overview
- The IDF said a precision strike in Beirut’s Haret Hreik killed Haitham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s military chief, a death later confirmed by Hezbollah circles.
- Lebanon’s health ministry reported at least five dead and roughly 25–28 wounded, with heavy damage to the residential building and nearby vehicles.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the operation on defense chiefs’ advice, vowing to block Hezbollah and Hamas from rearming.
- A day earlier, Israeli attacks in Gaza during the declared truce killed more than 20 people, according to local hospitals, which the military said followed armed breaches and tunnel activity.
- In the West Bank, two minors were reported killed in an Israeli raid, while a Hamas-run authority says over 300 Palestinians have died since the October 10 ceasefire as negotiators convene in Cairo.