The Israeli military on Tuesday said operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were "approved and validated" even as US special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid cross-border exchanges between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Summary
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Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency in the Hamas-run territory said. Witnesses reported gunfire and artillery shelling near Nuseirat refugee camp where separate deadly strikes on a family home and a commercial building were also reported.
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Israel's military on Tuesday said it had "approved and validated" operational plans for a Lebanon offensive amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.
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US special envoy Amos Hochstein met senior Lebanese officials during a visit to Beirut and called for an end to hostilities across the Blue Line, or the de facto demarcation between Israel and Lebanon.
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A French court on Tuesday ordered organisers of the Eurosatory defence trade show to suspend a ban on Israeli firms, according to a lawyer for the Franco-Israeli Chamber of Commerce.
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At least 37,372 Palestinians have been killed and 85,452 injured in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday’s key developments:
- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu dissolved his inner war cabinet and is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of advisers, including Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
- Thousands of Israeli protesters gathered outside parliament and Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on Monday, calling for new elections.
- Two key Democrats in the US Congress agreed to support a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
- US presidential special envoy Amos Hochstein on Monday pushed for de-escalation on the Lebanese border in talks with top Israeli leaders.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(France 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)
