Greater Israel in progress
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will keep attacking Iran and Lebanon, vowing to “safeguard” Israeli interests in any potential ceasefire or peace deal.
- Israel has kept up its barrage of strikes on Lebanon, targeting Beirut and its suburbs, as well as the Nabatieh and Tyre areas, where an attack killed a medic.
- Israeli attacks have damaged or destroyed six of the seven main bridges over the Litani River, which splits the north of Lebanon from the south, in recent days, while the UN estimates 1.2 million people in Lebanon are now displaced.
- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has told an Israeli radio programme that “the new Israeli border must be the Litani [River]”.
Israeli strikes hit towns in Lebanon’s Tyre, Nabatieh districts
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report a new wave of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
One strike hit the town of Selaa, in the Tyre district, while another hit Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in the Nabatieh district.
Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli attack.
Israel has since launched strikes across Lebanon, killing at least 1,039 people, and sent ground troops into the country’s south.
Syrian army reports rocket attack on Hasakah base from Iraqi territory
The Syrian army has said a military base near the town of Al-Yarubiyah, in the suburbs of Hasakah, has been hit with five rockets launched from Iraq, according to state media.
Coordination and communication were established with the Iraqi side regarding the incident, SANA news agency reported, adding that the Iraqi army initiated a combing and search operation for the perpetrators.
