Israeli rabbi among four soldiers killed in south Lebanon fighting
The Israeli army has confirmed that four more of its soldiers were killed while invading southern Lebanon, including a rabbi. Captain Rabbi Avraham Yosef Goldberg was killed along with Major Eliav Amram Abitbol, Captain Amit Chayut, and Master Sergeant Gilad Elmaliach.
They served in a battalion in the Alon Brigade. Multiple other Israeli soldiers were also wounded in fighting with Hezbollah, including four in critical condition.
Hezbollah claims inflicting casualties on Israeli troops in Hula
Hezbollah says its operatives used a guided missile to hit an Israeli infantry group that was advancing in the town of Hula in southern Lebanon, killing and wounding them.
The armed Lebanese group also reported that it used an attack drone to hit the “Yudifat military industries company” southwest of Acre.
Multiple people were injured after the Hezbollah drone hit the roof of the company making aviation parts, Israeli media said.
Three killed in Israeli air attack on Lebanon’s Zawtar al-Sharqiya
The killings in the town located in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate have been confirmed by the Lebanese Health Ministry and cited by the National News Agency (NNA).
We have reported earlier based on NNA that Israeli warplanes raided the town of Yahmar al-Shaqif in Nabatieh this morning, destroying two houses. The bombing also partially destroyed another house but caused no injuries.
Another attack had been launched against the town of Doueir in Nabatieh shortly after midnight, destroying a house and causing significant damage to surrounding ones.
Lebanon demands condemnation of Israeli invasion in UNSC complaint
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry says it has written to the UN Security Council to document Israeli aggression against Lebanon and demand accountability from the international community.
Lebanon asked the Security Council to “condemn the Israeli invasion of its territories and the violation of its sovereignty, and the widespread and continuous attacks on its security and safety of its people”, the ministry said in a statement.
It added that Lebanon wants an immediate implementation of Resolution 1701 to cease hostilities and get Israeli troops out of Lebanese territory.
“Lebanon stated in the complaint that Israel always ignores international legitimacy and does not respect decisions issued by the United Nations bodies, and that it does not abide by international law or international humanitarian law, escaping accountability and questioning by the international community,” the statement added.
Israel forces residents of 14 Lebanese villages to move north of Awali River
The Israeli military has expanded forced displacement orders in Lebanon, telling citizens in 14 towns and villages in the southern part of the country to immediately evacuate or risk being killed.
Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed on X that Hezbollah elements, facilities or weapons are nearby, and the residents must move north of the Awali River.
“You are prohibited from going south. Any movement south could be dangerous to your life,” Adraee said. “Anyone who is near Hezbollah elements, facilities or weapons is putting his life in danger.”
These were the towns that Adraee listed:
Tefahta, Ghassaniyeh, Babliyeh, Zrarieh, Qassabiyeh, Habbouch, Kfar Rumman, Arnoun, Yahmar, Khiam, Khirbet Selm, Arab el-Lawz, Marwanieh, and Deir Seryan.
Israeli military doubles down on claims of Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital
The Israeli military has doubled down on a claim that hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and equipment are being held under a hospital in the suburbs of Beirut after international media refuted the claims.
Israel said last week the Sahel Hospital in the severely bombed Dahiyeh district holds many Hezbollah tunnels underneath, prompting various media outlets to head there and check for themselves.
Now, Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman, has released a video claiming there is an entrance “behind the suspicious wall” that acts as “the entrance to Nasrallah’s crypt”.
The Israeli military has attacked all hospitals in the Gaza Strip using similar claims and has been steadily ramping up attacks on medics and emergency responders in Lebanon.
