Overview
- Israeli forces carried out roughly 50 air and artillery strikes Saturday across Nabatieh, Tyre, Jezzine, Sidon, and Bint Jbeil, with Lebanese officials reporting dozens of deaths in 24 hours.
- Israel ordered residents in multiple southern towns to move at least one kilometer from their homes ahead of further operations.
- The Israeli military said it destroyed about 50 Hezbollah sites and uncovered tunnels, while Hezbollah said it hit Israeli troops with rockets and drones.
- On Monday, Israel acknowledged its fire damaged part of a Catholic convent in Yaroun during operations and said the complex had been used to launch rockets.
- China’s UN envoy urged keeping UN peacekeepers in Lebanon as the official toll since March 2 rose above 2,650 dead and 8,100 wounded.