It is 5pm in Beirut, Tel Aviv and Gaza City, 6pm in Damascus and 6.30pm in Tehran. Here are the headlines …
At least two people were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said, as the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament accused Israel of 54 violations of the recent ceasefire deal
Israel has denied this, with Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar reported to have told French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot on the phone Monday that Israel is “enforcing [ceasefire terms] in the face of Hezbollah’s violations that require an immediate response in real time,” claiming that Hezbollah operatives have been seen armed south of the Litani River
Israel’s military has issued an order prohibiting the inhabitants of dozens of villages in the south of Lebanon from returning to their homes
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias crossed into eastern Syria overnight in an attempt to shore up struggling forces loyal to Damascus, battling an insurgency that has swept much of the country’s north-west as Islamist militants seized control of Aleppo
The Iraqi militants, which include fighters from Kataib Hezbollah and Fatemiyoun groups, arrived near the eastern Syrian town of Bukamal overnight to join units already deployed within Syria in support of Damascus, according to the Associated Press
A blimp emblazoned with the message “Save them now” in a reference to hostages held by Hamas in Gaza has been flown over the Israeli prime minister’s office in Jerusalem. Relatives and loved ones of those being held captive have repeatedly criticised Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for failing to secure a deal for their release
The Hamas-led health authority in Gaza has issued updated casualty figures, in which it claims at least 44,466 Palestinians were killed and 105,358 wounded since Israel’s military offensive on Gaza began after the 7 October 2023 surprise attack inside Israel. It has not been possible for journalists to independently verify the casualty figures being issued during the conflict
Israel’s military announced it believes New York-born US-Israeli hostage Capt Omer Neutra, an IDF soldier abducted into Gaza on 7 October 2023, is dead, and was killed on the morning of the attack. His body remains held in Gaza
Israel’s far-right interior security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has said in a radio interview that he would move to a new Jewish settlement if one was built inside Gaza, saying “Occupying territory, encouraging emigration. These are solutions that can allow for a different reality in Gaza”
Israeli media reports that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will give testimony in his corruption trial not in Jerusalem as originally planned, but in a fortified bunker in Tel Aviv for security reasons
The president of the international criminal court, which has issued arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas figures over suspected war crimes, said threats facing the institution, including possible US sanctions and Russian warrants for staff members, “jeopardise its very existence”
Tass reports that Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke by phone to Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian about the crisis in Syria.
A statement from the Kremlin press service said “The main focus is on the aggravated situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. Large-scale aggression by terrorist groups and gangs is assessed as aimed at undermining the sovereignty, political and socioeconomic stability of the Syrian state.”
