Sirens sound near Eilat, Israel
Israeli Army Radio is reporting that air raid sirens have sounded near Eilat in Israel.
The reports come several hours after the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed to have fired drones at Eilat.
Four killed in Israeli raid on Tayr Debba, southern Lebanon
Four people have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli bombing of the town of Tayr Debba in the southern district of Tyre, Lebanon, according to the Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA).
Israeli warplanes reportedly targeted a civil defence centre, the NNA added.
Israel says ‘dozens’ of sites in Lebanon attacked in recent hours
Israel’s military said fighter jets have attacked “dozens” of targets in Lebanon in recent hours.
In a post on social media accompanied by grainy aerial footage of massive air strikes, the Israeli military said its warplanes continue to bomb Lebanon and its forces had “attacked hundreds of terrorist targets” over the last day. Targets attacked included rocket launch sites and buildings where weapons and “military structures” of the Hezbollah organisation were stored, it said.
The Israeli military made no mention of casualties from their air strikes.
Israel says navy ship intercepted attack drone over Red Sea
Israel’s military says a naval missile ship destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the Red Sea before it entered Israeli airspace. It did not provide details on where the drone originated or its likely target in Israel.
Iran’s IRGC confirms senior commander killed alongside Nasrallah
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed that Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, the Iranian elite forces’ deputy commander for operations, was in the bunker with the Hezbollah chief when the Israeli bombs hit.
Nilforoushan was described as someone who worked for the security of Iran and helped the Palestinian cause, according to a short IRGC statement carried by state media.
Why is the assassination of IRGC’s Nilforoushan significant?
Nilforoushan is one of the most senior Iranian commanders to be killed in recent years, dealing a blow to the presence of Iranian forces in Lebanon and the region. Reports – which the IRGC has not commented on – indicate that Nilforoushan had taken charge of the Lebanon file after the assassination of Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi by Israeli warplanes in Syria in April.
Another Iranian general and five other members of the IRGC were also killed in that attack, which levelled an annexe building of the Iranian consulate in Syria’s capital Damascus and prompted Iran to retaliate by launching hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel.
The Israeli army has now killed the second of Iran’s top military commanders in Lebanon this year, which again increases the pressure on Tehran to respond.
