Thursday

The Israeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, destroying multiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli fighter jets are also reported over Beirut. (Reuters)

Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are wounded in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel)

The toll from yesterday's walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants increases to 25 people killed and more than 600 wounded, with a total of 37 people killed and over 3,000 injured since the past two days. (The Independent)

The pagers that were used as explosive devices are linked to Bulgarian company Norta Global Ltd, owned by a Norwegian businessman and was founded in April 2022. (LBC)

United States officials report that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was pre-warned by Israel about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack. (AP)

Six Palestinians are killed and 18 others are injured during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Qabatiya. (Reuters)

Two New Caledonian independence activists are killed by police during an operation in Saint-Louis over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. (AP)

A previously unknown Mozart piece, dating to the 1760s, is discovered at a library in Leipzig, Germany. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed when Mozart was in his early teens. (The Guardian)

Ongoing severe flooding generated by Storm Boris causes more than $2.2 billion worth of damage and at least 26 deaths in Central Europe. (BBC)

The European Parliament recognizes Venezuelan exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the country's president. (Politico.eu)

Fijian coup leader George Speight is released from prison after obtaining a pardon from President Wiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow Indo-Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry. (Radio NZ)

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and two other American agencies announce that Iranian hackers sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the Joe Biden presidential campaign that included stolen material that was not publicly available from former President Donald Trump's campaign. (NBC News)