Live Updates: IDF invades Lebanon, calls for evacuations as central Israel comes under fire
Evacuation warnings issued to residents of Beirut suburbs • Three civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on Damascus
Biden calls on Israel not to enter southern Lebanon
The US pushes diplomacy as Israel considers Lebanon ground operation following Nasrallah's assassination and rising regional tensions.
President Joe Biden called on the IDF not to launch a ground campaign into southern Lebanon to route out the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah as tensions appeared to escalate between the two staunch allies over the pending operation which the security cabinet approved Monday night.
“We should have a ceasefire now,” Biden said during a press event at the White House.
Go to the full article >>Home Front Command issues new directives for communities in northern Israel
Following a security assessment, the Home Front Command issued new directives to northern communities.
The directives were given to communities north of the Hula Valley and included limiting movements in towns, avoiding large gatherings, controlling gates of settlements, and remaining near protected areas.
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 101 hostages remain in Gaza
- 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says