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Israeli jets drop flares over areas north of Tripoli

Israeli fighter jets have dropped a large number of flares over areas north of the city of Tripoli, according to footage posted by Lebanese media outlets.

The footage, verified by Al Jazeera, shows flares in the sky above the largest city in North Lebanon.

This same act was committed by the Israeli army over the skies of Beirut last week before Israel began its bombing campaign on Lebanon.


Israeli warplanes strike Hazerta, Lebanon

Video from the ground, which has been verified by our fact-checking unit, shows a large Israeli air attack on the town of Hazerta, in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.

Hazerta is only a few kilometres away from the major city of Zahle. We do not have information about casualties that resulted from this attack at the moment, but will update you as we know more.

Israel not facing effective pressure, Greece says

Israel is not facing sufficient pressure to end the war in Gaza and the escalation in Lebanon is a minefield that the international community may not be able to deal with, Greece’s foreign minister has said.

Greece was elected as a member of the UN Security Council for 2025-2026 earlier this year, and Athens believes the country’s historical ties with the Arab world and Israel give it credibility to act as a peace broker.

“It seems that there is no effective pressure upon Israel. We’re strategic partners of Israel, and we’re trying to be as open and sincere with them,” George Gerapetritis told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Gerapetritis said it was crucial that Arabs and Europeans pursue joint rather than disparate initiatives that could weigh on Israel but that the escalation at the Israel-Lebanon border of the last few days showed a collective international failure.

“We have not prevented the spillover, and the more dispersed the war becomes, the more the situation becomes more complicated to be solved,” he said. “Lebanon could easily be a zone of tremendous hostility, and this is something that we cannot deal with. It’s a clear minefield.”


Death toll in Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises: Health ministry

The death toll in across Lebanon today has risen to 492, the Lebanese Health Ministry has said.

At least 1,645 people were wounded in the Israeli air raids that hit Beirut and southern Lebanon.