Israeli military says air force attacked four areas in southern Lebanon
The air strikes took place throughout the day on Friday, and the targets were located in the Lebanese town of Khiam, the Meiss el-Jabal area and in the vicinity of the villages of Taybeh and Tallouseh, Israel’s military said.
Hezbollah “military structures”, “terrorist infrastructure” and a “military position” were targeted in the attacks, the military said in a post on social media, accompanied by grainy, aerial footage of locations being hit with huge explosions.
Lebanese man killed in Israeli raid
The Civil Defence in eastern Lebanon says a Lebanese man has been killed in an Israeli raid that targeted his car in the Western Bekaa district.
Israeli military carries out several attacks on southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has said that it targeted Hezbollah members and sites belonging to the group. It struck in Aita al-Shaab, targeting what it said was a Hezbollah operative who had been spotted at one of the group’s observation posts.
The military said that a fighter jet also struck a building in Yaroun where a Hezbollah operative was detected. Fighter jets struck another building used by Hezbollah in Ramyah, the military added.
Houthis say they attacked 2 vessels in Red Sea, Arabian Sea
The Yemeni group says it attacked the US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Eisenhower, in the Red Sea and a ship known as the Transworld Navigator in the Arabian Sea. The group did not say when it launched the attacks.
The Transworld Navigator was directly hit by a missile, the Houthis said in a statement. The operation against the Eisenhower had achieved its objectives successfully, the group also said, without adding more detail.
The Houthis say they have been launching attacks on Israel-linked ships, and military vessels belonging to an international coalition formed to defend them, in the waters near Yemen in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
US orders aircraft carrier leading mission against Houthis to return home
US officials are said to have ordered the USS Dwight D Eisenhower to return home, the US Naval Institute’s news service reports, citing an unnamed official.
An aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific is set to replace the Eisenhower, which has been deployed in the area for more than eight months, in a combat situation that the US Navy says is its most intense since World War II.
The aircraft carrier had been leading the US’s response to attacks by the Houthis on shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The Yemen-based group began its campaign in November, saying it was targeting the vital shipping lane to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.
