Overview
- Israeli forces hit Beirut’s southern suburbs Wednesday for the first time since an April truce and said they killed Radwan unit commander Ahmed Ali Balout, also reported as Malek Ballout.
- Israel said it struck about 25 Hezbollah targets in 24 hours and kept attacking Thursday in the Nabatiye district, with local reports of more deaths.
- New Israeli orders told residents in roughly 12 southern Lebanese towns to move at least one kilometer away from their homes.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 2,702 dead and 8,264 wounded since March 2 as strikes and shelling intensify across the south.
- UNHCR warns that wrecked homes and services are forcing repeated displacement, and UNIFIL says peacekeepers delivered medical and food aid to hard-to-reach Beirut, Sidon and Tyre.