Overview
- Israeli forces on Sunday ordered residents of roughly two dozen towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate and said they struck Hezbollah targets across the south and in Dahiyeh, a Beirut suburb identified as a Hezbollah stronghold.
- Lebanese state agencies and emergency services reported strikes on Dahiyeh that hit a residential building and caused civilian deaths and injuries while the IDF said its strikes targeted Hezbollah command sites.
- The Israeli military reported killing several alleged Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, including militants found exiting an underground tunnel, and said its actions were in response to cross-border fire into Israel.
- U.S. President Donald Trump publicly urged Israel to stand down to avoid wrecking a near-term U.S.-Iran understanding, while Iranian leaders warned they could suspend talks and promised retaliation for attacks on Beirut.
- Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan were in active shuttle diplomacy to salvage the preliminary memorandum, but the new strikes and large Lebanese displacements increase the risk that talks will falter and regional tensions will escalate.