🌲 - 🇻🇦🇮🇱🇮🇷✝️ The Vatican: Pope Leo XIV urged the Israeli President to “reopen all channels of dialogue” to end the war with Iran.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli Activity Report – Lebanon (Today until 1:00 PM Beirut Time): Israeli military messaging indicated that a full occupation of Lebanon is not a war objective and that disarming Hezbollah is solely Lebanon’s responsibility, with no link between a potential ceasefire in Iran and ongoing operations in Lebanon.

Israeli aerial activity intensified, with reconnaissance aircraft observed over Beirut and warplanes flying at very low altitude over the southern suburbs (Dahieh).

On the ground level, Israeli statements signaled intentions to destroy border villages including Kfar Kila, Yaroun, Houla, and Aita al-Shaab.

Operationally, multiple strikes and bombardments were reported across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa: intense airstrikes targeted a residential area in Jouaiya (Tyre district), while additional strikes hit Srifa, Braachit (Nabatieh), areas between Kafra and Srebbine (with an ambulance set on fire), and the vicinity of a mosque in Sohmor (Bekaa). Drone strikes were also reported on Jouaiya, Al-Bustan, and Sohmor, alongside artillery shelling targeting the outskirts of Haris and Kafra.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧⚠️🚨Israeli Army: Warning of planned strikes on the Sohmor–Machgharah bridges, urging residents to move north of the Zahrani River and avoid heading south to ensure their safety.

🌲 - 🇱🇧✝️ The ICRC denied reports of an agreement to facilitate evacuations from Ain Ebel to Beirut.

The organization stated that such claims are inaccurate and have no connection to its activities, urging the public not to share or respond to these messages.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧🚨⚠️ Channel 14 Israel, citing a security official: If the Lebanese state does not confront Hezbollah, we will begin targeting it.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧⚠️ Channel 14 Israel, citing a security official: The assassination of Naim Qassem is only a matter of time.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Airstrikes and drone strikes targeted multiple locations across southern Lebanon, including Sohmor, Al-Jumayjimah, Al-Haniya, Majdal Selm, Srifa, Deir El Zahrani, Haddatha, Shamaa, and Debaal.

🌲 - 🇺🇳⚠️ UNIFIL reported an explosion inside a United Nations position near Adaisseh at noon, which resulted in injuries to three soldiers, including two in serious condition. The source of the explosion remains unknown.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 Israeli military announces start of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 A new Israeli airstrike targeted Dahieh.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Clash broke out between some young men in Chiyah and Ain El Remmaneh, prompting the army to intervene and resolve the dispute. Shias from Chiyah allegedly went into Ain El Remmaneh to take down LF flags.

Video of the clash:

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli Channel 12: The Lebanese president should dismiss the army commander who refuses to confront Hezbollah, citing the urgent need for the Lebanese army to take more decisive measures.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇱🇧🚨 U.S. Embassy in Beirut: We urge our citizens to leave Lebanon while commercial flight options remain available.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇱🇧⚠️ U.S. Embassy in Beirut: Iran and its affiliated groups may seek to target American universities in Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel intels: Reports of simultaneous missile and rocket attacks toward northern Israel, with Iran targeting Haifa and the Galilee, and Hezbollah launching from Lebanon toward Metula and the Upper Galilee.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 National News Agency: The Israeli army is demolishing civilian homes in the towns of Shamaa, Naqoura, and Al-Bayada.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Axios: A US F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran by Iranian fire, with both crew members ejecting safely; US special forces rescued one pilot while a large-scale search operation remains underway for the second, amid conflicting reports about their fate and continued Iranian presence near the crash site.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US media: The pilot rescued in Iran is currently receiving treatment under US authorities.