In a targeted ground raid, the IDF reports that its 2nd Brigade, led by the 146th Division and assisted by Yahalom Unit forces, destroyed a Hezbollah underground command center in southern Lebanon. The facility, reaching approximately 8 meters below ground, contained extensive terrorist infrastructure and was used to direct Hezbollah activities. The operation also neutralized an additional underground site housing half a ton of explosives. The explosives site, built by Hezbollah years ago, was located within a civilian village, heightening the risk to local residents. The IDF notes that both structures were fully neutralized, marking a significant blow to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities in the region.

The Magen David Adom emergency service reported that a heavy rocket barrage launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon hit the town of Ma’alot-Tarshiha on Tuesday morning, resulting in one fatality. Authorities later identified the victim as 24-year-old Mohammed Yasser Naim.

The IDF announced that troops have carried out a series of specialized operations over the past year in Kfarkela, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon. These operations uncovered a complex network of underground infrastructure, weapon storage facilities, and observation posts embedded within the area. Led by the 769th Brigade under the 91st Division, the IDF’s recent missions have intensified, focusing on neutralizing Hezbollah’s capability to launch ground attacks into northern Israel, particularly as part of its “Conquer the Galilee” strategy. Troops have destroyed extensive terrorist infrastructure, including numerous bunkers, hundreds of military structures, and thousands of weapons, as well as capturing intelligence documents and equipment used by Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces.

Significant destruction is evident along the waterfront in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, following multiple Israeli strikes this morning. The attack targeted several high-rise residential buildings, which had been ordered to evacuate prior to the strike.

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A 72-year-old man from Rishon Lezion, identified as Bezalel Carmi, lost his life in what is being investigated as a possible truck ramming incident near Glilot earlier today. Authorities are still working to confirm whether the crash, in which an Arab-Israeli truck driver from Qalansawe drove into a group of people at a bus stop, injuring over 30, was an intentional attack. The driver’s family denies any motive for terrorism and has requested an autopsy to investigate whether a medical emergency may have triggered the accident.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi announced that his country has suggested a 48-hour ceasefire in Gaza aimed at facilitating a swap of four Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees. El-Sissi’s remarks were made during a joint press briefing in Cairo with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The proposal coincides with scheduled talks in Doha involving Israeli, American, Egyptian, and Qatari officials to revive stalled truce negotiations.

Iran calls for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn Israel’s airstrikes on the Islamic Republic yesterday. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sends a letter to the UN chief and the head of the Council “demanding an urgent meeting of the Security Council to take a decisive position in condemning this aggression,” a ministry statement says.

A minister’s office has informed The Times of Israel that the security cabinet is set to convene at 7 p.m. in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. This marks the first meeting of the forum following Israel’s early morning strike on Iran yesterday.