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Reports in Lebanon: The Israeli army carried out artillery fire at targets in the town of Beit Yakhun in southern Lebanon.

An Israeli teenager was killed, and 19 other people were wounded in an ordnance explosion during a high school field trip in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border. The Israeli army believes the ordnance was an unexploded submunition from a Hezbollah cluster rocket

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Kiryat Shmona police officers and bomb-disposal teams are securing the scene and investigating the explosion.The public is urged to stay away from the area and report any unexploded ordnance or suspicious objects to police.

PM Netanyahu was briefed on the serious incident in northern Israel and spoke with MDA Director-General Eli Bin, Education Minister Yoav Kisch and his military secretary. He called for the swift evacuation of the injured to hospitals and continues to hold security assessments.

Eight people are listed in serious and moderate condition and several more are lightly hurt following an explosion in the Ramim ridge area in northern Israel, close to the border with Lebanon, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says. The injured are schoolchildren and teachers who were on a hike near the Pe'er observation point in the area. The cause of the blast is believed to be the result of unexploded ordnance, although this is still under investigation by authorities.MDA says it is treating the wounded at the scene and has dispatched a helicopter to take the wounded to a hospital. The military also says it has dispatched Israeli Air Force helicopters to assist with the evacuation, and troops are at the scene providing assistance. The Israeli army says the circumstances of the explosion are under investigation

Initial reports of an incident in the Ramim Ridge area of Northern Israel. Authorities are investigating whether they were caused by an explosion or a fall. Approximately 12 injured

Israeli strike targets Kafr Tabnit with two rockets

Israeli Army: Missile launched towards suspicious aerial target detected in area where we operate, southern Lebanon.

Lebanese sources told Al-Modon that Hezbollah is rebuilding its military capabilities in preparation for renewed war, using the ceasefire to restore its infrastructure in southern Lebanon, including south of the Litani River, and in northern Lebanon.

An Israeli drone strike targets Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon.

Bombing of Wadi Zibqin and the outskirts of Barashit

Aircraft launch raid on Wadi al-Hujair, in southern Lebanon

An Israeli raid targeted the town of Majdal Zoun, and another targeted the outskirts of the town of al-Qantura, near the Wadi River.

Heavy artillery targets Al-Mansouri

Israeli army launches raid on Kafr Tibnit in southern Lebanon

Lebanese authorities arrested two suspected Hezbollah members after finding about half a ton of explosives in their car at a checkpoint east of Beirut, a judicial source tells AFP. The cache allegedly included roughly 250 kg of TNT-type explosives and 250 kg of C4

The Israeli military says it sounded alarms near Arav al-Aramsha (northern Israel) after a possible hostile aircraft was detected. It is still checking what happened

Israeli Artillery fire targets Zawtar Al Shariyah

The Lebanese Army Engineering Unit detonated remnants of a missile in the town of Haris, near the official school (the town's stadium).

An Israeli airstrike targeted the Wadi al-Hujair area.

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The Israeli army struck a Syrian operative who it says planned attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli army troops operating in southern Syria, under the direction of the Iranian regime. The operative was identified as Yusuf Ali Al-Hassoun and he was struck on the Syria-Lebanon border area

The U.S. State Department has issued an alert to Americans currently in the Middle East, urging them to "exercise heightened vigilance due to the complex security environment." The State Department added: "The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly

The Israeli military announced the death of Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus, 21, from Haifa, a combat officer in the 603rd Battalion of the 7th Brigade. Tzapalamus was killed when the Humvee he was traveling in overturned in southern Lebanon. Three other Israeli soldiers sustained minor injuries in the incident

Israeli army launches raids and artillery strikes on areas surrounding Mount Ali Tahir, south of Lebanon.

Artillery shelling targeted areas around the town of Haditha, adjacent to the town of Haris, coinciding with machine gun sweeps

Two Israeli airstrikes this evening, the first targeting the triangle of the towns of Barashit and Qounine in the Bint Jbeil district, and the second targeting the town of Mansouri south of Tyre

Israeli airstrike targets Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon

Lebanon: Israeli Air Force conducts violent raids on the Barashit and Aitaroun routes, monitoring the deaths of two individuals in a van. Identities of the deceased remain unknown.