LIVE UPDATES: Developments in Lebanon, Palestine

Israeli Occupation continues its aggression against Lebanon, targeting residential areas and critical infrastructure linked to Hezbollah through heavy airstrikes and artillery fire.

This military escalation coincides with heightened regional tensions and international calls for an immediate ceasefire, as Lebanese citizens endure the violence, exacerbating their daily struggles.

Key developments regarding the situation in Lebanon include:

• Israeli Occupation Army: We warn residents of areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs and request immediate evacuation.
• U.S. State Department: Tel Aviv has not provided assurances that targeting Iran's nuclear facilities is off the table.
• Roya Correspondent: The Israeli Occupation continues its airstrikes and artillery bombardment on southern Lebanon.
• Israeli Occupation Official: Netanyahu kept the Americans in the dark regarding his covert operations in Lebanon.
• Israeli Occupation Official: Washington worked seriously on a ceasefire initiative, assuming Netanyahu would accept it.
• Israeli Occupation Official: We expressed openness to the U.S. initiative but did not approve it.
• Israeli Occupation Official: The assassination of Nasrallah increases the likelihood of changing regional security calculations for years to come.
• Wall Street Journal: The assessment indicates that any future Iranian strike could be more dangerous if it targets civilian infrastructure.
• Wall Street Journal: Satellite imagery analysis reveals that 32 Iranian missiles landed near Nevatim Airbase, which houses F-35 fighter jets.
• Roya Correspondent in Lebanon: The Israeli Occupation carried out 153 airstrikes over the past 24 hours.
• Roya Correspondent in Lebanon: The death toll has risen to 2,011, with 9,535 injured since the beginning of the assault.
• Iranian Army Commander: The next strike will be stronger and more destructive if the Israeli Occupation makes a miscalculation.
• White House: The first anniversary of the October 7 attack will be a painful day.
• Hezbollah: We are ready for any ground advance and we are superior in that to the occupation.
• Hezbollah: Any depth the occupation enters will turn into a graveyard for its soldiers and tanks.
• Hezbollah: We are busy in the field and will not engage in discussions under fire.
• Hezbollah: When the fire ceases, we will discuss all matters and announce our position.
• Hezbollah: The one refusing to cease fire is the occupation.
• Hezbollah: The occupation and Netanyahu do not want to stop this war.
• Hezbollah: The mechanism for selecting the party's secretary-general is influenced by our current war atmosphere.
• Biden: We are doing a lot to prevent war in the Middle East.
• Biden: We are in constant communication with the Israelis for 12 hours a day.
• Biden: Tel Aviv has not yet decided how to respond to Iran.
• Biden: No previous U.S. administration has assisted Tel Aviv as much as my administration has.
• Biden: If I were in the Israelis' position, I would consider alternative ways to strike Iran.
• Roya Correspondent: 15 injuries reported in the targeting of Salah Ghandoor Hospital in southern Lebanon.
• Roya Correspondent: The occupation is launching a new series of airstrikes on the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
• Hebrew Broadcasting Authority: Iran has intensified supplying weapons to Hezbollah over the past two weeks.
• Hebrew Broadcasting Authority: Iran has supplied Hezbollah with weapons from its warehouses in Iraq and Syria.
• Tel Aviv: The decision on how to respond to Iran will be made independently without involvement from any external parties.
• Roya Correspondent: Reports indicate injuries at the Martyr Salah Ghandoor Hospital.
• Roya Correspondent: Artillery shells have fallen within and around the Martyr Salah Ghandoor Hospital in southern Lebanon.
• Hebrew Broadcasting Authority: There are indications that several leaders of the intelligence system in Hezbollah may have been injured.
• Hebrew Broadcasting Authority: Israeli Occupation army will deploy two additional brigades to southern Lebanon.
• Hebrew Broadcasting Authority, citing a senior military source: The Israeli Occupation army is preparing to expand its ground operation in southern Lebanon soon.
• Israeli Occupation Army Radio: Increasing signs that Hashem Safi al-Din was killed in the airstrike on the Beirut suburb.
• Israeli Occupation army threatens to bomb ambulances in Lebanon, claiming they are being used by Hezbollah.
• Hezbollah: Three explosive devices detonated on Israeli Occupation forces attempting to infiltrate Maroun al-Ras.
• Israeli Occupation Army Radio: Two drones launched from Lebanon were intercepted over northern areas.
• Financial Times: Oil prices are set to record the biggest weekly increase in two years due to tensions in the Middle East.
• Lebanese Civil Defense mourns 11 rescuers killed by Israeli Occupation airstrikes.
• Hezbollah: Large rocket barrage targets Israeli Occupation forces in the Maroun al-Ras plain.
• Hezbollah: Rocket barrage hits the Israeli Occupation's "Nafha" base.
• Hezbollah: Rocket barrage targets "Israeli" forces in Karmiel settlement.
• "Israeli" army: Two officers were killed in northern occupied territories.
• Palestinian Health Ministry: 12 injuries due to the assault by occupation forces in Jericho.
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Any mistake by the occupation will be met with strikes on power stations and oil refineries.
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard: The occupation has three power stations and oil refineries, and we can strike them directly.
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Any targeting of us by the occupation will endanger its existence.
• Sirens sound in northern occupied Palestine after rockets were launched from Lebanon.
• "Israeli" army: We have attacked more than 2,000 Hezbollah targets since the start of ground operations in southern Lebanon.
• Roya’s correspondent: Four hospitals in southern Lebanon are now out of service.
• "Israeli" army claims to have killed 250 Hezbollah fighters, including 21 commanders, over the past four days.
• Palestinian Red Crescent: We are treating 15 workers injured after being severely beaten by Israeli Occupation Forces at an entrance to Jericho.
• Iranian Foreign Minister: We support Lebanon’s efforts to confront Israeli Occupation crimes.
• Iranian Foreign Minister: Confident that the occupation's crimes will fail and the Lebanese people will prevail.
• Iranian Foreign Minister: I assured Mikati and Berri of Iran's support for Lebanon and the resistance.
• Roya’s correspondent: Israeli Occupation Forces launch new airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
• "Israeli" army radio: Two rockets detected launched from Gaza toward surrounding areas.
• Hezbollah: Targeted an IOF gathering in Sa’sa with a heavy "Borkan" missile.
• Palestinian Health Ministry: Death toll from the Gaza aggression rises to 41,802.
• "Israeli" army: Bombed an underground tunnel crossing the Lebanese-Syrian border on Thursday.
• "Israeli" media: Over 30 rockets targeted towns in Galilee within minutes.
• Hezbollah: Artillery targeted an Israeli site in occupied Kfar Shuba hills.
• "Israeli" army: Eliminated Hezbollah's head of communications, Mohammad Skaff.
• "Israeli" Home Front Command: Sirens sound in several towns in western Galilee, east of Acre.
• Iranian Foreign Ministry: We affirm our continued support for Lebanon’s government, people, and resistance against "Israeli" aggression.
• Hezbollah: "Israeli" airstrikes targeted civil defense teams working to rescue the injured.

A report from the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) dropped approximately 73 tons of bombs on a Hezbollah headquarters in southern Beirut.

This attack reportedly aimed at Hezbollah leader and deputy secretary-general Hashem Safieddine, the potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah.

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut on an Iranian flight.

This visit marks the first by an Iranian official since Nasrallah's assassination and the escalation of Israeli Occupation airstrikes across Lebanon, highlighting Iran's ongoing support for Hezbollah and the Lebanese resistance.

In a rare Arabic-language speech, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei emphasized the Palestinian people's right to resist the Israeli Occupation, asserting that the "arrogant and tyrannical" powers aim to create discord among Muslims.

Khamenei also underscored the Lebanese people's right to support Palestinians and defend their land, stating that the recent Iranian missile attack on "Israeli" targets represents a minimal response to the ongoing aggressions of the occupation.