Overview
- Lebanese officials say Israeli attacks Wednesday killed 22 people, including eight children, in one of the deadliest days since the April truce.
- Lebanon’s health ministry reports at least 12 of those deaths came from drone strikes on cars along the coastal highway south of Beirut.
- Negotiators from Lebanon and Israel met in Washington with higher-level envoys, as Beirut presses for an enforceable halt to strikes and an extension of the truce.
- The Israeli military says it keeps targeting Hezbollah sites and reported a soldier killed in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah claims rocket and explosive-drone attacks on Israeli forces.
- UN peacekeepers warn that growing drone use has triggered blasts near their bases, and Lebanese authorities count roughly 2,896 dead and 1.2 million displaced since March 2.