Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry and the official ANI agency said municipal employee Ibrahim Salamé was killed during a nocturnal Israeli raid inside Blida, a village located more than one kilometre from the border.
- The Israeli army confirmed the incursion, stating the unit was acting against Hezbollah infrastructure and opened fire after identifying a direct threat, and said the incident is under investigation.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the action as a flagrant attack on state institutions, and President Joseph Aoun instructed the Lebanese army to oppose any Israeli incursions.
- ANI reported an Israeli unit demolished a building used for religious ceremonies in the border village of Adaissé, while additional strikes targeted al-Jarmak and Mahmoudiyé and drones flew over Beirut’s southern suburbs.
- The UN human rights office reports 111 Lebanese civilian deaths attributed to Israeli forces since the war’s end, as the ceasefire-monitoring mechanism met in Naqoura and the United States pressed for all weapons to be brought under state control by year-end.