Israeli military intercepts 3 UAVs ‘launched from the east’
The military said a navy warship “successfully intercepted” two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) off the coast of northern Israel, that were “launched from the east” in recent hours. It added that Israeli fighter jets intercepted another UAV, also launched from the east, off the coast of Tel Aviv in central Israel.
No casualties or damage were reported in either incident.
Australia evacuates 407 people from Lebanon overnight
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the 407 Australians and their family members departed Beirut on two government-assisted flights.
It said there were two more flights departing Beirut on Sunday and that they were fully booked. More flights are planned, subject to conditions on the ground, it said.
Several countries have evacuated their citizens from Lebanon amid hostilities between Israel’s military and Hezbollah. They include Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A plane takes off from Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, as smoke from Israeli strikes billows over the city’s southern suburbs
US evacuates 145 people out of Beirut
The US State Department says it helped 145 people evacuate Beirut on two flights it had organised out of the country on Saturday.
“To date, we have assisted over 600 US citizens, US Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), and their immediate family members in departing Lebanon via US organized flights,” a spokesperson added.
Israel’s military says it bombed weapons warehouses in Beirut
The military said in a post on X that its fighter jets carried out attacks throughout Beirut against a number of Hezbollah’s weapons warehouses and other infrastructure.
It said it gave advance warnings to people in the area to minimise harm to civilians.
Israel carried out more than 30 attacks on Beirut overnight
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that Beirut has just “witnessed the most violent night” since the beginning of Israel’s “aggression” on the country.
Israeli forces carried out more than 30 attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, it said, the sounds of which could be heard throughout the city. The suburb, called Dahiyeh, is now covered by black smoke, the NNA reported.
As we’ve been reporting, the air raids came as Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern suburbs, which are considered a stronghold of Hezbollah. Last week, it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut and on Friday, it carried out another attack targeting the slain politician’s potential successor Hashem Safieddine.
Hezbollah claims attacks on Israeli troops in Manara
The Lebanese armed group says it launched three salvoes of rockets and missiles at Israeli soldiers in Manara in northern Israel in the early hours of Sunday.
Earlier, it also claimed attacks on Israeli troops who tried to infiltrate Lebanon through Khallet Shuaib in Blida. The attacks forced the Israeli troops to retreat, it added.
Israel intercepts missiles launched from Lebanon
The Israeli military says its air forces successfully shot down two surface-to-surface missiles launched from Lebanese territory.
The launches set off air raid sirens in parts of northern Israel.
