Overview
- Israel’s military ordered residents in more than 10 southern Lebanese towns to leave on Sunday, including several north of the Litani River, and strikes later hit areas not named in the warnings.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli attacks killed 17 people and wounded 35 over the past day, after reporting 20 dead on Sunday including a child and four paramedics.
- The IDF said Saturday it dismantled about 70 military structures and 50 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon, as cross‑border fire continued and Hezbollah stepped up drone use with fiber‑optic guidance that thwarts jamming.
- Israeli officials are weighing a return to large‑scale combat in Gaza, citing Hamas’s refusal to disarm, while a US‑backed plan tying aid and reconstruction to phased weapons handovers has been rejected by Palestinian factions.
- Reuters reported claims from Hezbollah figures that several thousand of its fighters have been killed, a figure the group disputes, as Israel entrenches a 5–10 km buffer zone with demolitions that have driven mass displacement in southern Lebanon.