Overview
- The Israeli military said a helicopter-borne special forces team searched a cemetery in Nabi Chit for navigator Ron Arad’s remains but found no trace and reported no Israeli casualties.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 41 dead and 40 wounded, and the Lebanese army said three of its soldiers were among those killed during shelling tied to the raid.
- Hezbollah said its fighters confronted the raiding force near the cemetery and that roughly 40 airstrikes were carried out to cover the unit’s withdrawal.
- Residents and reporters at the site described a grave in the Nabi Chit cemetery that appeared freshly dug up after the force departed.
- Lebanon’s army chief alleged the raiders wore uniforms resembling Lebanese forces and used lookalike ambulances, while an Israeli source said the mission drew on intelligence linked to missing Lebanese officer Ahmad Shukr.