A local Hezbollah official, Hussein Yazbek, has been killed along with eight other members of the group in Israeli strikes on Wednesday amid Lebanese border clashes.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his fighters are not afraid of war, but avoided any declaration that his forces would escalate attacks against Israel, in his first speech since Saleh al-Arouri was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Beirut.

Israeli attacks kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.

At least 22,313 people have been killed and at least 57,296 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

Israeli military releases footage of latest attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The night-time video clips are said to show attacks on Hezbollah military infrastructure and “observation devices” in the village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, located across the border from the Israeli settlements of Yir’on and Avivim in northern Israel.

The grainy footage appears who show Israeli bombs hitting and destroying a number of residential buildings in close proximity to other civilian buildings in Lebanon’s south.

“Launches” were also detected crossing Lebanese territory that fell in open areas in northern Israel’s Goren settlement area, the Israeli military said.

The Israeli did not specify if missiles or drones had been launched or who was responsible.

Source: AL Jazeera 

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