Overview
- Israel, which announced the plan Tuesday, said forces will hold a security zone up to the Litani River and control or destroy key bridges it says Hezbollah used.
- Lebanese state media reported nine more deaths in the south on Wednesday after strikes near Sidon and in Habboush, and the Israeli military said it dismantled a weapons storage site in the area.
- Israeli raids struck Beirut’s southern suburbs and nearby Bchamoun, where Lebanon’s health ministry said a strike killed three people including a three-year-old girl.
- The UN says about 1.2 million people in Lebanon have fled their homes, and authorities report more than 1,000 dead after more than three weeks of intensified strikes and ground incursions.
- Lebanon declared Iran’s ambassador-designate persona non grata, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned of heavy missile and drone attacks on Israel, while cross-border fire by Hezbollah has continued.