Hezbollah says it killed 17 Israeli soldiers in clashes along the border, after earlier announcing it had detonated a bomb against troops attempting to enter the village of Maroun al-Ras.
An Israeli air strike targeted a residential apartment in the Chiya neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital, after strikes last night on central and southern Beirut killed at least nine people.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli fighter planes have killed at least 18 people in a strike on a crowded cafe in Tulkarem refugee camp.
An Iranian source tells Al Jazeera that Iran sent a message to the US via Qatar saying that it does not seek regional war but adding that “the phase of unilateral self-restraint has ended”. It also warned that any Israeli attack would be met with an “unconventional response” that includes targeting Israeli infrastructure.
Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians in separate strikes over the past 48 hours.
In Gaza, at least 41,788 people have been killed and 96,794 injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023. In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 people were taken captive.
