Two killed as rockets target northern Israel
At least two people have been killed in northern Israel in a rocket attack targeting Nahariya, Israeli media reported quoting the local ambulance service. The Israeli army earlier said 10 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israel.
Five killed in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon
At least five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Tefahta in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said. Earlier, five people were killed and two injured in a separate Israeli strike on the Lebanese town of Baalshamieh, in the Aley district of Mount Lebanon.
Latest figures from Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Hezbollah says missiles fired towards Tel Aviv as flights halted
Hezbollah said it fired missiles at a military air base south of Tel Aviv as the Israeli army said it intercepted projectiles fired from Lebanon. Sirens sounded across central Israel and Israeli media reported flight operations were temporarily suspended at Ben Gurion International Airport.
Hezbollah targets Israeli logistics base
The Lebanese armed group says it attacked a logistics base east of the city of Nahariya with a “squadron of attack drones”. Earlier, Hezbollah said it had intercepted an Israeli Hermes 450 drone in the airspace of the western sector, saying “we forced it to leave Lebanese airspace”.
Death toll in Israeli attack on Baalchmay rises
Lebanon’s Health Ministry is saying that the death toll in an Israeli attack on the Mount Lebanon town of Baalchmay has gone up to eight. At least five people have also been wounded.
Nearly two dozen killed in Israeli strikes on Mount Lebanon areas
At least 20 people were killed and 13 wounded in Israeli air strikes in the Mount Lebanon area, the Health Ministry said. One strike on Joun in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon killed 12 people and injured eight. And as we reported earlier, eight people were killed and five injured in the attack on Baalshamieh.
Houthis say attacks launched on US vessels
Yemen’s Houthi group says its fighters have conducted two military operations in the Red and Arabian Seas.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement on X that the group targeted the United States aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea with cruise missiles and drones.
The other operation targeted two US destroyers in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles and drones, according to the statement.
Saree said these operations will not cease until the US-supported wars on Gaza and Lebanon end.
Pentagon confirms Houthis attacked US warships
The Houthis targeted two US destroyers with drones and missiles as they transited the Bab al-Mandeb Strait but the warships “defeated” the attacks, the Pentagon said.
The ships “were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, five antiship ballistic missiles and three antiship cruise missiles, which were successfully engaged and defeated”, Pentagon spokesperson Major-General Pat Ryder told journalists.
“The vessels were not damaged, no personnel were hurt.”
The Houthis have been targeting vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in attacks they say are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza – a significant international security challenge that threatens a major shipping lane.
The United States and other countries have deployed military vessels to help shield shipping from the Houthi strikes, but acknowledgement of attacks directly targeting American warships is rare.
