Overview
- Israel’s military issued forced evacuation warnings for 12 villages on Wednesday, including several north of the Litani River that had not been under Israeli occupation.
- Israeli airstrikes earlier killed at least six people in eastern and southern Lebanon, including Zellaya’s municipal chief and three relatives, Lebanon’s state news agency reported.
- The army said it struck about 25 Hezbollah-linked sites over 24 hours, while Hezbollah launched drones and rockets at Israeli troops near the border.
- Satellite analysis verified by major outlets shows at least two dozen border communities reduced to rubble, in what IDF officers described as a drive to “clear the area.”
- Lebanese authorities say about 2,700 people have been killed and more than a million displaced since March, with new evacuation orders pushing more families from their homes.