In a joint statement, Netanyahu and Katz announced they ordered the army to bomb targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Lebanon
Latest Lebanon intelligence from 17 public ZettaWire signals, led by: BREAKING: Netanyahu and Katz order army to bomb targets in southern Beirut suburbs.
Israeli military strikes in Lebanon have killed nine people, with attacks reaching the outskirts of Beirut.
Israeli army: We crossed the Litani River and began a wide operation in southern Lebanon.
Israeli occupation aircraft bombarded Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health reports 3,089 deaths from Israeli attacks.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait as violations of sovereignty and international law, urging restraint amid a major escalation between the United States and Iran. The U.S. struck 80 Iranian targets after Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran's IRGC attacked 85 U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill abolishing the death penalty, making it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment, according to the National News Agency (NNA) and local channel LBCI TV. The bill was approved by a majority of the 128-member parliament. The EU delegation to Lebanon welcomed the move, noting it includes retroactive application and builds on a de facto moratorium maintained since 2004.
The French Foreign Ministry says international forces will be deployed in support of the Lebanese army at the request of the Lebanese state, Al Arabiya reports.
Raf Milo, commander of Israel’s Northern Command, stated that Israeli forces have advanced 10km into southern Lebanon and do not intend to withdraw.
Israel carried out airstrikes on Lebanon, killing 22 people, ahead of US-brokered negotiations in Washington.
Israel launched strikes across Lebanon and expanded ground operations beyond the previously declared security zone, according to Reuters.
Israel expanded its ground assault in Lebanon on Sunday, marking its broadest incursion into the country in 25 years, as Hezbollah, Iran's most powerful regional ally, escalated its attacks on northern Israel.
The US State Department announced that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Washington, with both sides committing to rapidly establish pilot zones under exclusive Lebanese Armed Forces control, free of all non-state actors.
Israel strikes in southern Lebanon kill at least 19, wound 17, says Lebanese Health Ministry.
Donald Trump stated after a call with Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu that no US troops will be sent to Beirut and that any troops en route have been ordered to turn back.
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