Overview
- Israel hit Beirut’s Haret Hreik neighborhood in a rare strike it said targeted Hezbollah’s “chief of staff,” with Lebanon’s health ministry reporting one person killed and 21 wounded.
- Israeli air raids across Gaza killed at least 21 people, according to local officials, after the military said a gunman crossed the yellow line and opened fire on soldiers inside Israeli-held territory.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep striking Hezbollah and Hamas to prevent their regrouping, with the military claiming it killed several senior Hamas members in Saturday’s operations.
- Hamas sent a delegation to Cairo to meet mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the United States over what it says are continued Israeli violations of the Gaza truce.
- Lebanon’s president offered talks to secure Israeli withdrawal from five border sites, as a UN special rapporteur condemned recurrent strikes in Lebanon as unlawful and potentially war crimes.