October
1 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 55 people were killed and 156 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [206]
- The IDF confirmed that it was conducting a "limited, localized" ground operation into southern Lebanon. [13]
- The IDF said that about 10 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon to Israel. [207]
- A drone was launched towards central Israel. [208]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted IDF sites, Israeli soldiers and settlements with 12 separate strikes. [209]
- An Israeli strike on the house of Munir al-Maqdah, a brigadier general of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Lebanon in Ein al-Hilweh refugee camp killed at least five people and injuring several others and trapped several people under the rubble. [210] [211] al-Maqdah reportedly survived the assassination attempt but his son was killed in the strike. [212]
- Three rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Upper Galilee. [213]
- An Israeli strike on a house in Al-Dawoudiya killed at least 10 people and injured five others. [214]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli soldiers in Metula with rockets and artillery. [215]
- The IDF said that heavy fighting is taking place in southern Lebanon with Hezbollah. It also warned residents not to move in vehicles from north of the Litani River to south of the river. The IDF also said that projectiles were launched to Avivim and Metula. [216]
- "A number of" rockets were launched from Lebanon to Israel, moderately injuring two people. [217] [218] Hezbollah said that it targeted Unit 8200 headquarters in Tel Aviv with Fadi-4 rockets and Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. [219]
- The IDF issued an urgent warning for residents of 25 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate to the north of the Awali River. [220]
- Hezbollah denied that Israeli soldiers entered into Lebanon. [221] [222]
- Approximately 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel. [223]
- The IDF said that it had conducted over 70 ground raids in southern Lebanon since November 2023, destroying thousands of targets and gathering intelligence on Hezbollah positions. [224] [225]
- Syrian military sources said that Israel struck two Syrian anti-aircraft radar stations west of Sweida and a Syrian anti-aircraft radar station in Daraa Governorate. [226]
- The IDF conducted at least two airstrikes in Dahieh. [227]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted with missiles the Sde Dov airbase in the outskirts of Tel Aviv, that was closed and demolished more than 4 years before the attack. [228]
- The IDF claimed that Muhammad Jaafar Qasir, a Hezbollah commander responsible for transferring Iranian weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, was killed in an airstrike in Beirut. [229]
- The IRGC launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles toward Israel, with at least one building being hit in Tel Aviv. [230] The attack was in response to the assassination of Abbas Nilforoushan, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh. At least two Israelis were slightly injured in Tel Aviv and a Palestinian was killed by shrapnel in Nu'eima, West Bank. [231] [232] [233] Iran said that 90% of its missiles had hit their targets, but the IDF disputed this claim, saying that "a large number" of missiles were intercepted. [234] A number of impact sites were identified in the wake of the strikes, but the exact location of those impacts and the extent of the damage they caused is barred from publication by the IDF censor. [235]
- The IDF said that it killed the commander of Hezbollah's Imam Husayn division in an airstrike in Beirut. [236]
- The IAF struck 100 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon while soldiers of the Northern Command destroyed several military sites and weapons. [237]
2 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 46 people were killed and 85 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [238]
- The IDF announced the death of eight soldiers during combat in southern Lebanon. [239] [240]
- Israeli forces were ambushed by Hezbollah fighters in Odaisseh and forced to retreat while attempting to dismantle militant infrastructure. Six soldiers from the Egoz Unit were killed and several others were injured, including five seriously. The IDF said that another 20 Hezbollah militants were killed during the clash. [241] [242]
- Two soldiers of the Golani Brigade were killed and another was injured in combat in southern Lebanon. A medic from the brigade was injured in a separate incident. [242]
- Israeli aircraft struck the southern suburbs of Beirut. [243]
- Hezbollah fired over 240 rockets at northern Israel, resulting in one person being injured by glass shards in the Western Galilee. [244] Hezbollah said that it targeted areas north of Haifa using missiles. [245] It also targeted Shtula and Israeli infantry in Misgav Am. [246]
- Hezbollah claimed to have inflicted casualties on IsraeIi soldiers entering Maroun al-Ras from its eastern side. [247]
- The Lebanese army said that an Israeli force crossed the Blue Line and withdrew after a short time. [248]
- The IDF announced that the IAF struck 150 Hezbollah sites since the ground offensive began. [249]
- A Lebanese army soldier was injured in an Israeli drone strike while one of its units was working to open a road at the entrance of Kawkaba. [250]
- Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres persona non grata in Israel for not condemning the October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel in a statement on the Middle East conflict. [251]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed or injured Israeli soldiers trying to circumvent Yaroun by detonating an explosive device. [252]
- Hezbollah fired 40 rockets at Safed and several drones at the Upper Galilee. [253]
- Hezbollah said that it destroyed three Merkava tanks using guided rockets in Maroun al-Ras. [254]
- Syrian state media reported that at least three people were killed and three injured in an Israeli drone strike in Damascus. [255] The strike killed the brother of the commander of Hezbollah's Unit 4400, who was also killed the day prior. [256]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed or injured all members of an Israeli infantry unit sheltering in a home outside Kafr Kila by detonating an explosive device in the house and targeting it using bullets and rocket-propelled grenades. [257]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli soldiers in Ya'ara with rockets. [258]
- An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah-run civilian health facility in the Bashoura district of Beirut killed at least nine health and rescue workers and injured 14 others. [259] [260] The NNA claimed that the IDF used phosphorus bombs, while local residents claimed to smell sulfur in the wake of the attack. [261] [202]
- An Israeli air strike destroyed three houses in the Bekaa Valley killing 11 people including four children. [202]
- The commander of Hezbollah's Shebaa Farms division was killed by an Israeli airstrike. The IDF said that he was responsible for the Majdal Shams attack. [262]
3 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 37 people were killed and 151 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [263]
- A US citizen was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. [264] [265]
- Hezbollah said that it launched surface-to-air missiles targeting an IDF helicopter flying above Beit Hillel and claimed that it forced it to retreat. [202]
- Approximately 200 rockets and several drones were launched from Lebanon towards Israel. [266]
- An Israeli strike on the municipality building in Bint Jbeil killed 15 people. The IDF said that Hezbollah fighters were killed and the building was used by Hezbollah to store weapons. [202]
- A Lebanese soldier was killed and four Lebanese Red Cross medics and another Lebanese soldier were injured in an Israeli strike in Taybeh while they were working on a rescue and evacuation mission. [202] [267]
- Two Belgian journalists were wounded in Beirut. [268]
- Hezbollah launched more than a dozen of strikes on Israeli targets. [202]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed or wounded a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Maroun al-Ras by detonating two explosive devices. [202]
- The Lebanese Army said that one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli strike on a military outpost in Bint Jbeil. It also said that its soldiers responded to the sources of fire. [202]
- The IAF struck Hezbollah intelligence and communications sites in Beirut. [269]
- Hezbollah fired ten rockets at the Lower Galilee, causing no casualties. [270]
- The World Health Organization said that 28 health care workers were killed in Lebanon over the past 24 hours. [271]
- Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said that 40 paramedics and firefighters including emergency personnel from organisations affiliated with Hezbollah were killed in Lebanon in three days. [272]
- Hezbollah claimed that it detonated a Sejil bomb at Israeli forces in Yaroun, causing casualties. It also claimed to have launched a missile against a Merkava tank in Netu'a, while a rocket salvo targeted Israeli troops in Al-Thaghra in the outskirts of Odaisseh. [273]
- Hezbollah fired 100 Katyusha rockets, six Falaq rockets and mortars at Metula. [202] [274] Hezbollah said that it targeted Safed and Kafr Giladi using rockets. [202]
- An Israeli airstrike on a building in southern Lebanon, around an area where soldiers from the Golani Brigade were operating, killed a Hezbollah field commander. [275]
- The IDF announced that an officer of the Paratroopers Brigade's 202nd Battalion was killed in combat the day prior, raising the IDF's death toll in Lebanon to nine. [276]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed 17 Israeli soldiers. [202]
- The IDF said that it struck 15 Hezbollah sites in Beirut, including weapons depots and manufacturing sites. [277]
- Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who is expected to succeed Nasrallah as the group's secretary-general following his assassination, was reportedly targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh. [278]
- The IDF announced that an Israeli airstrike in Beirut earlier in the week killed a senior member of Hezbollah's weapons manufacturing division. [279]
- The IDF said that the head of Hezbollah's communications division was killed in an airstrike in Beirut. [280]
4 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 25 people were killed and 127 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [264]
- The IDF halted traffic at the Masnaa Border Crossing between Syria and Lebanon by striking “vital transportation infrastructure” using two missiles. The IDF alleged that the border crossing is used by Hezbollah for transferring weapons from Syria to Lebanon one day prior to the strike. [281]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Haifa using rockets. [281]
- UNICEF said that 690 children were injured in Lebanon in six weeks. [281]
- Hezbollah claimed to have struck Ilania IDF base using rockets. [281]
- The NNA reported that four health workers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in the vicinity of a government hospital in Marjayoun. [281]
- A rocket launched from Lebanon fell in Upper Galilee area causing a forest fire. About 50 instances of rockets or shrapnel falling were reported in Metula in the past 24 hours. [281]
- Hezbollah launched around 180 rockets towards Israel. [282]
- Hezbollah claimed to have inflicted casualties and wounds on Israeli forces trying to advance to Odaisseh by carrying out an “huge explosion”. [264]
- The IDF said that over 250 Hezbollah fighters were killed in southern Lebanon since it began its ground offensive, including 21 field commanders. [283]
- Hezbollah claimed to have struck a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Maroun al-Ras. Hezbollah said that it launched a missile strike on the Nafah IDF base in the Golan Heights and it also said that it targeted Kfar Giladi. [281]
- The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah weapons warehouses and infrastructure, including its intelligence headquarters in Beirut. [281]
5 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 23 people were killed and 93 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [284]
- Hamas confirmed the death of Saeed Atallah Ali, one of its military officials, along with his wife and two young daughters in an Israeli drone strike in Beddawi refugee camp. [264]
- Hezbollah said that it launched rockets targeting Israeli soldiers in Khallet Ubair village in Yaroun, as well as on Kafrioufel and Kfar Giladi in northern Israel. [264]
- An Israeli strike on a mosque in Bint Jbeil also hit nearby Salah Ghandour Hospital injuring nine of its medical staff. The IDF said that it targeted Hezbollah fighters in a command center embedded inside the mosque without providing evidence. [285] [264]
- Hezbollah claimed to have inflicted casualties by hitting a Merkava tank advancing in the Maroun forest with a guided anti-armour missile. Hezbollah said that it launched at least seven strikes on Israeli forces including launching Fadi 1 missiles targeting Ramat David IDF base and launching rockets targeting Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the border. [264]
- A female Red Cross volunteer from Baalbek died of a head injury sustained in an Israeli airstrike. [264]
- A Hezbollah rocket attack lightly injured three people in Deir al-Asad and caused damage in Karmiel. [286]
- Al Jazeera English reported that a missile hit in the vicinity of a paramedic team to prevent them from reaching the site of a bigger strike in a Beirut suburb. [264]
- An Israeli airstrike in the Beqaa Valley killed Mohammed Hussein al-Lawis, who the IDF said was the executive authority of Hamas in Lebanon. [287]
- The IDF estimated that at least 440 Hezbollah fighters were killed in its ground offensive in Lebanon. [288]
- An alleged Israeli drone strike on a car near Hama, Syria killed one person and injured three others. [289]
- The IAF conducted overnight strikes against Hezbollah command centers and other sites in Beirut. [290]
- Hezbollah fired 60 rockets at the Galilee in two barrages. [291]
- Hezbollah said that its rockets targeted a “military industries company” east of Acre. [264]
- The IDF struck several Hezbollah targets in Dahieh soon after warning residents in parts of the suburb to evacuate. [292]
- Hezbollah fired 30 rockets at Kiryat Shmona. [292]
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to have destroyed a large part of Hezbollah's arsenal and its tunnels in the vicinity of the Israel Lebanon border. [264]
- Hezbollah said that it launched at least 15 strikes on Israel including its rockets targeting a group of Israeli soldiers in the "Jal al-Deir site”. [264] Hezbollah also said that its drones targeted an IDF base in the vicinity of Lake Tabarayya. [264]
- Walla reported that 110 injured people including soldiers arrived at Ziv Hospital in Safed by quoting hospital officials. [264]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed at least 25 Israeli soldiers. [264]
- French president Emmanuel Macron called for halting weapons deliveries to Israel for its Gaza war and its war in Lebanon. [293]
6 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 22 people were killed and 111 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [294]
- Hezbollah claimed that its attacks on Israeli soldiers trying to infiltrate Khallet Shuaib in Blida forced them to retreat. It also said that it launched rockets and missiles towards Israeli soldiers in Manara. [284]
- Two surface-to-surface missiles were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel. [284]
- The IDF ordered residents of 25 villages in southern Lebanon including Hula, Meiss Ej Jabal, and Bilda to evacuate to north of the Awali River. [284]
- The IDF said that its airstrike killed Hezbollah commander Hacher Ali Tawil in Kafr Kila who was responsible for an anti-tank missile attack in Yuval which killed two Israeli civilians in January. [284]
- Three people were injured in a suspected Israeli missile strike on three trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Lebanon at an Iranian car factory in an industrial area in Homs. [284] [295]
- The IDF said that it struck 150 Hezbollah targets in the past 24 hours, adding that approximately 25 rockets and multiple drones were launched by Hezbollah. [284]
- Hezbollah said that it launched at least seven strikes on Israeli positions including launching rockets on IDF sites in the vicinity of the border. [284]
- Hezbollah said that it launched drones targeting an IDF base south of Haifa. [284]
- The IDF strictly prohibited entry to Manara, Yiftah and Malkia by declaring them as closed military zones. This was the third closed military zone declared by IDF since the beginning of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. [284]
- The Syndicate Of Chemists in Lebanon claimed that IDF used bombs containing depleted uranium in Lebanon. [284]
- Ten people were injured by shrapnel in Haifa after Israeli air defenses failed to intercept a Hezbollah attack of five rockets targeting the city. [296] [297] [298]
- A Hezbollah rocket attack in Tiberas injured one person and caused damage. [299]
- Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli soldiers in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Braam and Nimra IDF base, west of Tiberias.It also launched Fadi 1 missiles at Carmel IDF base, south of Haifa. [284] [300]
7 October
- The IDF announced that two reservists from the elite Unit 5515 were killed and another was seriously injured in a mortar attack on the border with Lebanon. [301]
- Two Israeli airstrikes on towns south of Beirut killed at least 12 people, including several Lebanese children. [300]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Karmiel with rockets. [300]
- A rocket apparently launched from Lebanon fell in Kfar Vradim, causing property damage. [300]
- The IDF said that its 91st Division, including reservists, started a ground operation in southern Lebanon. [300]
- Hezbollah fired missiles targeting IDF vehicles and personnel at the Jal al-Allam IDF site. [300]
- Israeli warplanes struck a fire station building affiliated with the Islamic Health Authority in Baraachit, killing ten firefighters. [302] [300]
- The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Dahieh. [303]
- Hezbollah fired 190 rockets at northern Israel, injuring at least 12 people. [304]
- Hezbollah fired "a large barrage of rockets" towards area north of Haifa. [300]
- At least 130 towns and villages across southern Lebanon were placed under IDF evacuation orders. [300]
- The IDF said that it struck over 120 Hezbollah targets including its elite Redwan Force and Southern Front within an hour. [300]
- Hezbollah fired five missiles at central Israel. [305] Hezbollah said that its missiles targeted an IDF intelligence unit in the Tel Aviv suburbs. [300]
- The IDF ordered civilians in the vicinity of the coast of southern Lebanon to evacuate to the south of the Awali River. [300]
- The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah intelligence headquarters in Beirut. [300]
8 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 22 people were killed and 80 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [306]
- Hezbollah launched volleys of rockets and missiles towards Israeli soldiers in Shlomi, Hanita and Marj. [307]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli artillery positions in Dishon and Dalton with rockets and missiles. It also said that it hit Israeli soldiers in Yaroun with missiles. Rockets were also launched from southern Lebanon to sites in Upper Galilee. [307]
- The IDF claimed that it killed Hezbollah headquarters commander Suhail Hussein Husseini in a strike the day prior in Beirut. The IDF said that he was in charge of transferring weapons from Iran and distributing it to various units of Hezbollah and that he was “involved in the budgeting and logical management of the most sensitive projects of the organisation, including the operational plan for war". [307]
- The IDF said that its 146th Division was deployed one day prior for “limited, localised and targeted operations” targeting Hezbollah in southwestern Lebanon. [307]
- Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets at Haifa in two barrages, damaging several houses and injuring a woman. [308] Hezbollah also claimed that its drone hit a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the “al-Baghdadi” IDF outpost in northern Israel. [307] The IDF later said that its warplanes struck some of the launchers used by Hezbollah to launch rockets to Haifa. [307]
- The IAF struck Hezbollah rocket and antitank weapon launchers, military buildings, a Hezbollah weapons depot and other buildings. The IDF also said that a school building in Tayr Harfa was also destroyed in its strike. [307]
- Hezbollah fired 25 rockets at Kiryat Shmona, causing no casualties or major damage. [309]
- Hezbollah claimed its fighters repelled Israeli soldiers who "infiltrated" in the vicinity of a UNIFIL post in Labboune, a village along the Israel-Lebanon border. [307]
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that an Israeli airstrike killed Hashem Safieddine. [310]
- The IDF said that 50 Hezbollah militants, including six commanders of the group's Southern Front, were killed in airstrikes the day prior. [311]
- An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Damascus reportedly targeting a senior member of Hezbollah's Unit 4400 killed ten civilians and three combatants, including two Hezbollah members, and injured over ten others. [312] [313]
- Israeli airstrikes were reported in Dahieh after the IDF ordered citizens near two buildings in the suburb to evacuate. [314]
- Hezbollah fired 180 rockets at northern Israel. [315]
9 October
- Hezbollah claimed to have clashed with Israeli forces as they tried to infiltrate Blida. [316]
- Three Israeli soldiers were injured while fighting in Lebanon. [317]
- An Israeli airstrike in Sidon killed a Lebanese man and injured several others including a Lebanese woman, her daughter and her granddaughter. [318]
- Hezbollah claimed to have repelled Israeli soldiers in Naqoura and Labbouneh. It also launched a huge barrage of rockets from southern Lebanon to Israel. [318]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli soldiers in the south of Maroun al-Ras using rockets. [318]
- The IDF said that the IAF struck about 185 Hezbollah targets including buildings, rocket launchers and fighters by dropping bombs using fighter jets and drones, while its soldiers engaged in close-quarters ground fighting in Lebanon. [318]
- A Syrian security officer was killed and another was injured in an Israeli airstrike near Quneitra. [319]
- Hezbollah fired 40 rockets at Haifa, causing a blackout in Kiryat Bialik and injuring five people. [320] [321]
- A Hezbollah rocket attack killed a man and a woman in Kiryat Shmona. [318] Kiryat Shmona municipality asked residents to leave the city. [318]
- Hezbollah said that it launched rockets and artillery shells towards Israeli soldiers trying to advance in Meiss Ej Jabal from several directions, adding that "clashes are ongoing". [318]
- The IDF's Combat Intelligence Collection Corps 636th unit conducted drone strikes in southern Lebanon. One of the fatalities from the strikes was a Hezbollah company commander. [322]
- Hezbollah fired 90 rockets at the Upper Galilee, striking Safed and nearby communities. [323]
- The Turkish Navy arrived at the port of Beirut to evacuate Turkish citizens and give humanitarian aid to Lebanon. [324]
- The Red Crescent said that it provided a “shipment of essential primary health care consumables and emergency medicines” to the Syrian Ministry of Health for supporting health activities at medical points along the Syrian-Lebanese border. [318]
- The Lebanese Army arrested two Syrian nationals suspected of spying for Israel. [325]
- An Israeli strike in Wardaniyeh, Lebanon killed at least five people and injured 12 others. [326]
- The IDF ordered Haret Hreik residents to evacuate from a distance of 500 metres from a building which it claimed as infrastructure of Hezbollah. [326]
- An Israeli strike in Tyre killed five paramedics. [326]
- SANA reported that Israeli airstrikes on a car assembly plant in Hassia in Homs Governorate and a Syrian army site in the vicinity of Hama caused "material damage". [326]
- An Israeli soldier was killed and another soldier was injured while fighting in Lebanon. [327]
10 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 60 people were killed and 168 others were injured in Israeli attacks. [328]
- The IDF claimed to have killed Hezbollah commanders Ahmed Mustafa Allhaj Ali and Muhammad Ali Hamdan in airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The IDF said that Ali was responsible for launching hundreds of rockets and antitank missiles towards Kiryat Shmona while Hamdan was responsible for firing missiles towards northern Israel. [329]
- The IDF said that approximately 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Upper Galilee and northern Israel. A building was damaged in Margaliot. [330]
- The IDF said that its soldiers supported by dozens of air strikes were pushing on with their ground incursion in Lebanon. It also said that its fighter jets struck over 110 targets in Lebanon and reported “face-to-face encounters” with Hezbollah soldiers and destroying antitank missile launchers and rockets targeting northern Israel. [331]
- An Israeli man born in the US was arrested by Lebanese security forces in Dahieh on suspicion of spying. He was later freed and deported to the US after pressure from the US government. [332]
- Hezbollah said that its fighters launched a “large rocket salvo” to Kiryat Shmona, while other rocket barrages and strikes targeted a site along the border and Israeli soldiers in Beit Hillel and Maayan Baruch. Two Israeli civilians were slightly injured by sharpnel. [331]
- Israeli soldiers opened fire at three UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon including its main base in Naqoura, injuring two peacekeepers. [333] [331]
- An Israeli airstrike in central Beirut reportedly targeting Wafic Safa, the chief of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit, killed at least 22 people and injured 117 others. Safa reportedly survived. [334] [335]
11 October
- Israeli police detained Jeremy Loffredo, an American journalist and four other journalists under the charges including "aiding the enemy during wartime and providing information to the enemy" for reporting landing of Iranian missiles including in Nevatim Airbase and an intelligence base. A Russian journalist among them accused the IDF of beating him. [336]
- The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that the IDF destroyed a field hospital marked with Red Crescent flags along the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as its equipment, supplies and ambulances. [337]
- A drone was launched towards Lakhish. [336]
- Another Israeli attack injured several peacekeepers in the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. [336] The IDF said that UN peacekeepers were "inadvertently hurt" while fighting with Hezbollah. [336]
- Approximately 25 rockets and two UAVs were launched from Lebanon towards Israel. [336]
- A Thai foreign worker was killed and another was injured by a fallen munition in Yir'on. [338] [339]
- The IDF announced that it killed the commander of the Redwan Force's anti-tank missile unit. [340]
- Hezbollah said that its fighters launched a drone strike targeting an IDF base in Kiryat Elizer, a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Zovolon area, north of Haifa and Kafrsold using rockets and "al-Abad" site using missiles. It claimed to have shelled Yaftah barracks and its surroundings. [336]
- The IDF said that 100 rockets were launched in two waves from Lebanon towards northern Israel within an hour. It also said that it fired at Hezbollah launchers used to fire rockets. [336] Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Kiryat Shmona and Kfar Yuval using rockets, Safed using missiles and soldiers in the vicinity of an IDF barracks in the Golan Heights using rockets. [336]
- An Israeli strike hit a Lebanese Army post in southern Lebanon, killing two soldiers and injuring three others. [341]
- Two drones from Lebanon were launched at Herzliya, with one hitting a retirement home and the other being intercepted. [342] [343] Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack. [344]
- Hezbollah warned Israelis to stay away from IDF sites in residential areas in northern Israel. [336]
- German government demanded clarification from Netanyahu government after an Israeli airstrike on Dar es Salaam meeting centre in Lebanon which is supported by German organisations killed at least six people. [336]
- A UAV launched from Syria entered the Golan Heights. [336]
- The US government expanded sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemical industry by imposing new sanctions as a response to the October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel. [345]
- A UNIFIL peacekeeper was injured by unknown gunfire in Naqoura. [346]
- An IDF reservist of the Alexandroni Brigade's 9203rd Battalion was seriously injured during combat in southern Lebanon. [347]
12 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 51 people were killed in Israeli attacks. [348]
- Hezbollah said that it launched seven strikes on Israeli positions. It claimed that its “qualitative missiles” hit an IDF base used for making weapons south of Haifa, artillery shells hit Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Lebanon border, targeted Ramia site with “guided missiles” and hit other Israeli positions with multiple rocket salvoes. [344]
- A rocket was launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards central Galilee. [344]
- The IDF threatened to target ambulances in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of misusing them for transporting fighters and weapons. An IDF spokesperson alleged that intelligence revealed that “Hezbollah elements are using ambulances to transport fighters and arms” and any vehicle carrying armed elements including fighters and vehicles would be at risk. [344]
- The IDF ordered residents of another 22 towns and villages in southern Lebanon including Aita al-Shaab, Ramyah and Hanine to evacuate to north of the Awali River. [344]
- Approximately 32 rockets were launched by Hezbollah towards Israel. [344]
- Approximately 35 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Acre, slightly injuring two people at the Mak'r intersection. [344] [349] [350]
- The IDF said that entering Zerait, Shomara, Shtula, Natua and Eben Menachem is "strictly prohibited” after announcing them as closed military zones. [344]
- The IDF announced that around 320 projectiles from Lebanon were launched at Israel during Yom Kippur. [351]
- Forty rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Upper Galilee. [344]
- The United States deployed THAAD missile defense systems to Israel in anticipation of an Iranian response to the planned Israeli retaliation for the 1 October strikes. [352]
13 October
- Hezbollah fighters inflicted casualties on Israeli forces who tried to "infiltrate" Ramyah by detonating an explosive device and clashing in gun battles. It also said that fighting is continuing around the village. [348] The Quds News Network reported that “at least seven” Israeli soldiers were injured. [348]
- Approximately 300 rockets were launched from Lebanon to northern Israel in past 24 hours. [348]
- Five rockets were launched from Lebanon towards Haifa. [348]
- The Red Crescent Society of Iran announced a fourth aid consignment containing three tonnes of medical supplies that arrived in Lebanon. [353]
- The IDF said that it struck over 200 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon including rocket launchers, anti-tank positions, weapon depots, and other infrastructure in the past 24 hours. [348]
- Israeli aircraft bombed and destroyed an old mosque in Kfar Tebnit, while another aircraft bombed an empty apartment complex in Sidon. [354]
- An Israeli airstrike in Sarbin injured four Lebanese Red Crescent paramedics. [348]
- Hezbollah said that its rockets targeted Zabadin barracks in Shebaa Farms and its artillery targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Maroun al-Ras. [348]
- The IDF said that 25 soldiers of the Etzioni Brigade were injured, including two critically, while fighting in southern Lebanon including in Kafr Kila and Odaisseh. [355] [348] [356]
- The IDF claimed to have captured a Hezbollah operative with weapons and supplies for interrogation from a tunnel in southern Lebanon after his surrender. [348]
- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres to move UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon "immediately". [348]
- The IDF ordered residents of 21 villages in Lebanon to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River. [348]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Kiryat Shmona with rockets. Hezbollah also claimed that its missiles hit an IDF base in Tzurit. [348]
- Approximately 115 rockets and other projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards Israel. [348]
- Hezbollah alleged that the IDF used cluster bombs for bombing the area between the towns of Hanine and Tayri. [348]
- UNIFIL said that Israeli forces crossed the Blue Line and destroyed one of its main base gates. It added that 15 peacekeepers suffered effects including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions from smoke attributed to the IDF's use of "what appeared to be an attack with some sort of chemical agent" approximately 100 metres north of their position. The IDF said that its tank entered the base while evacuating its wounded soldiers. [348]
- A drone attack launched by Hezbollah hit the Zar'it military barracks in the vicinity of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada killing four Israeli soldiers and injuring at least 61 others, seven of them seriously. [348] [357]
- Hezbollah claimed that its missile targeted the IDF's Tsnobar logistics base in the Golan Heights. [348]
- Another drone was launched from Lebanon to the northern coast of Israel. [348]
- The Israeli Home Front Command said that sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot, Metula, Misgav Am and Manara. [348]
- Five projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards the "Gulf area". [348]
- Israeli strikes in Nabatieh destroyed a market which dates back to 1910. [358]
14 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 41 people were killed in Israeli attacks. [359]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted an Israeli infantry force trying to "infiltrate" Lebanese territory through Markaba using artillery shells. Its missiles also targeted Israeli forces in Labbouneh. [360]
- The IDF claimed that Hezbollah launched 25 rockets from the vicinity of UNIFIL peacekeeping posts. [360]
- Ten rocket were launched by Hezbollah towards Haifa. [360]
- Projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards central Israel. [360]
- Several rockets fired from Lebanon fell along with shrapnel in Karmiel. [360]
- Hezbollah claimed that its fighters killed or injured Israeli soldiers by targeting an armoured personnel carrier using a guided missile in Aita al-Shaab. It also said that it engaged in fighting with Israeli soldiers in the village. [360]
- Several projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards central Israel for the second time. [360]
- Hezbollah said that it launched a "big rocket salvo" towards Safed. [360]
- The IDF reported "targeted operational activity" against more than 200 targets in Lebanon, including militant cells, missile posts and launchers. [361]
- The IDF claimed to have killed Muhammad Kamal Naim, the commander of the antitank system of the Radwan Force in an air strike. It also said that he was responsible for planning and carrying out many attacks on Israel including launching an antitank missile. [360]
- An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Aitou in northern Lebanon killed at least 21 people including twelve women and two children and injured eight others. [362] [360] [363] The strike reportedly targeted Ahmad Fakih who rented an apartment in the town. [364]
15 October
- Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli soldiers operating in Khallet Wardeh, Marj, al-Sadana and Birkat al-Naqqar. [365]
- The IDF said that it struck about 200 Hezbollah targets in the past 24 hours and killed “dozens of Hezbollah elements”. [362]
- Hezbollah targeted Haifa using two surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. [362]
- An Israeli air strike on a house in al-Sharaik neighbourhood in Iqlim al-Tuffah area of Jarjouh killed four people including a Lebanese woman and her two children. [362]
- UNICEF said that 400,000 children were displaced and 1.2 million children were unable to get education in Lebanon within three weeks. [366]
- Over 25% of Lebanon was under evacuation orders of Israel. [362]
- The IDF announced that an airstrike in Nabatieh several days ago killed Khader Al-Abed Bahja, the head of Hezbollah's aerial unit in the northern Litani region. [367]
- The IDF announced that it captured three Redwan fighters from a tunnel underneath a building in southern Lebanon. [368]
- Israeli air strikes in Qana killed 15 people and injured 15 others. [369]
- An Israeli air strike in Riyaq killed five people including three children and injured at least 15 others. [370]
- Hezbollah claimed to have destroyed two Merkava tanks and three IDF bulldozers and inflicted casualties on Israeli soldiers in the Ramyah area. [370]
- The IDF said that Hezbollah launched about 95 projectiles from Lebanon towards Israel. [370]
- Two Hezbollah drones launched from Lebanon fell in Israeli territory. [370]
16 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 27 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. [369]
- The IDF said that approximately 50 projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards Upper Galilee. [369] Hezbollah said that its fighters carried out four rocket strikes targeting Safed, Dalton, Dishon and Yiftah and two of those strikes targeted Israeli artillery positions. [369]
- The IDF warned residents to move at least 500 metres away from a building in Haret Hreik. [369] The IAF later conducted a strike against the building, saying that it was a storage facility that contained Hezbollah weapons. [371]
- The IDF said that it struck 140 Hezbollah targets one day prior. [369]
- Hezbollah claimed that it shot down an Israeli drone. [369]
- An Israeli airstrike on the municipal building of Nabatieh killed at least 16 people, including the town's mayor Ahmad Kahil and injured 52 others. [372] [369] The IDF said that it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure. [369]
- The IDF said that its navy hit dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in coordination with soldiers on the ground. [369]
- The IDF said that its 8th Reserve Brigade and the Yahalom combat engineering unit destroyed a Redwan tunnel and bunker network in southern Lebanon. [373]
- Hezbollah claimed to have hit a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Maskaf Am using artillery shells and Karmiel using rockets. [369]
- Four people were lightly injured by shrapnel after Hezbollah fired 30 rockets at the Galilee. [374]
- Two Lebanese Red Cross ambulance workers were injured by shrapnel after an Israeli strike in Jwaya. [369]
- An Israeli Merkava tank fired at a UNIFIL watchtower in Kafr Kila in the morning, causing damage. [375]
- Fierce clashes were reported between the IDF and Hezbollah around several towns in the central section of the Israel-Lebanon border. [369]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Khallet Warda using a rocket. [369]
- Hezbollah fired rockets at Kiryat Shmona, impacting several locations including a building. [376] [377] [369]
- Hezbollah claimed that its fighters killed or injured the crew of an Israeli tank in Labbouneh Heights by targeting it using an antitank missile. [369]
17 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 45 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. [378]
- SANA reported that the IDF struck Latakia. [379] It also reported that "anti-aircraft defence intercepted hostile targets” and fire erupted after the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it "targeted a weapons depot”. [379]
- Hezbollah said that it fired a barrage of rockets towards Safed and targeted an IDF base to the east of Netanya with Nasr 1 guided surface-to-surface missile. It also released a video of an Israeli tank engulfed by fire after the attack. [379]
- A German warship intercepted a drone off the coast of Lebanon. [380]
- Hezbollah claimed that it struck two Merkava tanks with guided missiles near Labbouneh. [381]
- Israeli soldiers raised the Israeli flag in the vicinity of a monument in Labbouneh. [379]
- At least 100 Hezbollah targets were struck one day prior. [379]
- Approximately 30 rockets were launched towards Upper Galilee. Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in al-Sadana, Shebaa Farms. [379]
- The IDF struck Tamnine Al Tahta in the Bekaa Valley and ordered residents of nearby Saraain al-Tahta to evacuate from their houses. [379]
- Five Israeli soldiers were killed and an IDF officer and two soldiers were critically wounded while fighting in south Lebanon. Nine other Israeli soldiers were also critically wounded while fighting in south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. [382] [379]
- Israeli soldiers detonated several explosives in Muhajbib, demolishing most of the historic village. The IDF said that it destroyed a Redwan tunnel network in the center of the village. [383]
18 October
- The IDF claimed to have killed Hezbollah commander Mohammad Hussein Ramal in an air strike in Taybeh. It also said that it located and destroyed rocket launchers aimed for attacking northern Israel and its soldiers uncovered Hezbollah weapons in southern Lebanon. The IAF also struck a militant cell saying that they were preparing to launch an antitank missile towards Israeli soldiers operating in southern Lebanon. [384]
- The IDF said that its air force conducted approximately 150 strikes on sites in the Gaza and Lebanon one day prior including munitions warehouses, rocket launch sites, and sniper and observation posts, and killed dozens of militants. [384]
- Seventy-five projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards Israel, [385] including 20 rockets. Some of them targeted the Philon IDF Base in Rosh Pinna, [386] an air missile defence base east of Hadera, [385] a gathering of soldiers in Safed, [387] and an area north of Haifa. [385]
- The IDF announced that it killed 60 Hezbollah fighters during combat in southern Lebanon the day prior. [388]
- Three rockets targeting Haifa Bay were intercepted by the IDF. [389]
- An Israeli reservist of the Alon Brigade 's 5030th Battalion who was critically injured during combat in southern Lebanon on 9 October died from his wounds, bringing the IDF death toll since the start of invasion of Lebanon to 22. [390]
19 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 36 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours. [391]
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that at least 16 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. [392]
- A drone launched from Syria crashed in the northern Golan Heights. [391]
- Three drones were launched from Lebanon towards Israel, one of which hit Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea. [391] [393] Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack. [394]
- One hundred rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel, damaging a residential building in Shlomi. [391] [395] Hezbollah said that it launched rockets towards a region north of Haifa. A person died and at least 13 people were injured in the rocket strikes. [391] Hezbollah also said that it targeted an IDF base in Nesher, Kiryat Shmona and a group of Israeli soldiers in al-Marj and Zarit. [391]
- The IDF said that it killed Nasser Abd al-Aziz Rashid, deputy commander of Hezbollah's operations in Bint Jbeil District. It also added that its forces located and destroyed stockpiles of weapons in southern Lebanon. [396]
- The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents in Haret Hreik [391] and Bourj el-Barajneh. [391]
- An Israeli air strike on a residential apartment in Baaloul killed four people including the mayor of Sohmor, Haidar Shahla, and injured several others. [391]
- The IDF said that it targeted Hezbollah's intelligence command centre and several munitions warehouses in several locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut. [391]
- An explosive laden-drone critically injured an IDF officer in southern Lebanon. [391]
- A Hezbollah member captured in southern Lebanon died in the custody of Israeli soldiers. [397]
- Approximately 200 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah towards Israel. [398]
- An Israeli reserve soldier died of injuries he had sustained in an October 9 clash with Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, increasing the number of Israeli soldiers killed as a result of that clash to two. [399]
20 October
- The IDF issued evacuation order for residents to move at least 500 metres away from at least two buildings in Haret Hreik and Hadath. [392] It also issued evacuation orders for some areas in the east of Lebanon for the first time in a week. [392]
- The IDF said that its air force struck 175 militant targets in Gaza and Lebanon, striking weapons warehouses, rocket launch sites and other Hamas and Hezbollah infrastructure. It also said that it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" off the coast of Haifa. [392]
- The IDF claimed to have killed key Hezbollah officials Elhag Abbas Salameh, Racha Abbas Icha, and Ahmed Ali Hasin in its strike on Hezbollah intelligence headquarters in southern Beirut. It also said that it hit an underground weapons workshop in Beirut. [392] It also claimed to have killed Alhaj Abbas Salameh, a senior figure in the Hezbollah's southern command, Radja Abbas Awache, a Hezbollah communications expert and Ahmad Ali Hussein, who was responsible for development of Hezbollah's strategic weapons, in airstrikes. [392]
- At least 160 rockets were launched from Lebanon to Israel. Rockets were launched to places in northern Israel including areas in Safed, Haifa, Acre and Margaliot. [392] Hezbollah said that it targeted an IDF base in the vicinity of Safed [392] and Shebaa Farms. [392]
- Israeli forces bombed a vehicle belonging to the Lebanese Armed forces on a road between Ain Ebel and Hanine in Bint Jbeil District, killing three soldiers. [400] The IDF subsequently apologised, saying that they had been mistaken for militants. [401]
- Hezbollah said that it launched rockets towards Israeli soldiers in the outskirts of Markaba and west of Odaisseh. [392]
- The IDF destroyed several villages in southern Lebanon including Ramyah, razing its homes and mosques. [402]
- The IDF demolished a UNIFIL observation tower and perimeter fence in Marwahin. [392]
- Several Israeli airstrikes targeted branches of the Hezbollah-linked Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association bank in Beirut and the Beqaa Valley. One strike hit in close proximity to Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. [403]
- Hezbollah claimed that its air defense unit shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone. [404]
21 October
- Hezbollah fired rockets towards an Israeli artillery position in Odem, Kiryat Shmona, targeted Israeli forces in al-Malkiyeh IDF site, an IDF base in Beit Lahiya and targeted Israeli forces in Khalet Warda and Mizra. It also said that it targeted Israel soldiers operating in Maroun al-Ras. [405]
- About 170 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon to Israel. [406]
- The IDF said that it hit approximately 15 short-range Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon. It also said some of those launchers were used for recent attacks in northern Israel and added that it hit buildings used by Hezbollah in various areas of southern Lebanon. [405]
- Shrapnel from a Hezbollah rocket attack lightly injured a man in Ayelet HaShahar. [407]
- Five drones were launched from Lebanon to Israel. [405]
- Syrian state media reported that an Israeli guided missile attack on a car in Mezzeh killed at least two people and injured three others. [408] The IDF said that it killed the commander of a Hezbollah unit responsible for the transfer of weapons from Iran. [405]
- An Israeli air strike on a building in Baalbek killed six people including a child. [409]
- Hezbollah launched a "large missile barrage" towards Yoav IDF camp in the Golan Heights. Israeli Home Command said that sirens sounded in Margaliot and Manara. [405]
- The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported a suspected hack at the port database of Haifa. [405]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted an IDF intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. [405]
- An Israeli airstrike in Kharayeb killed four people. [410]
- Israeli airstrikes killed four paramedics in Babliyeh and one each in Khirbet Selm, Bir el-Sanasel and Deir Ez Zahrani. [410]
- An Israeli airstrike near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut killed at least 18 people, including four children, and injured at least 60 others. [411] [412] [413]
22 October
- The Lebanese government reported that at least 63 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [414]
- Israel said it struck over 230 militant targets in Gaza and Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [415]
- A barrage of rockets were launched towards Beit Aryeh-Ofarim. [413] Hezbollah claimed to have hit the Nirit area in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. A state of emergency was declared in Tel Aviv. [413]
- Hezbollah claimed to have hit the Glilot base of Unit 8200 in the suburbs of Tel Aviv using missiles. [413]
- Hezbollah also launched medium-range rockets at Haifa. [413] It claimed to have hit Stella Maris naval base, northwest of Haifa. Hezbollah also launched missiles towards an area north of Caesarea. [413]
- Falling interceptor fragments injured a man in Ma'agan Michael and damaged a residential building and several cars in the same area. [413]
- Sixteen Israeli soldiers were injured while fighting in Lebanon. [413]
- The IDF said that it struck a Hezbollah naval base in Beirut used to store fast boats, carry out tests and train naval forces. It added that its other attacks hit weapons depots, command centres and other infrastructure. It also said that some of them were underground targets. [413]
- Hezbollah fired ten rockets at Neot Mordechai, killing an Israeli reservist from the 7338th "Adirim" Artillery Brigade's 508th battalion and seriously injuring three other reservists. [416] [417] [418]
- Hezbollah said that its rocket strike targeted Israeli soldiers gathered in the west of Odaisseh. It also said that it targeted Hatzor using rockets. [419]
- The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents to move at least 500 metres away from two buildings in Ghobeiry. [413]
- The IAF said that it struck ten Hezbollah command and control centers in Al Housh, southern Lebanon within the past 24 hours. [420]
- An Israeli strike in Nabatieh injured three paramedics. [413]
- Hezbollah confirmed that some of its fighters were captured by the IDF. [413]
- An Israeli major (res.) who served as the deputy commander of the Alon Brigade 's 9308th battalion was killed during combat in southern Lebanon. [418]
- The IDF confirmed the killing of Hashem Safieddine and 23 other members of Hezbollah's intelligence unit in an airstrike in Dahieh on 3 October after their bodies were reportedly found in the bunker that was struck. [421] [422] Hezbollah also confirmed his death. [423]
- Approximately 140 projectiles were launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah towards Israel. Hezbollah said that it launched kamikaze drones towards Eliakim IDF base south of Haifa. [413]
- An Israeli airstrike on a house in Teffahta killed 19 people. [424]
- Hezbollah drone attack on Israel sends a million people to shelters. [425]
23 October
- The Lebanese government reported that at least 28 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [426]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted an IDF intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. [427]
- The IDF launched strikes on area in Tyre centered around two buildings. [428] The IDF said that it targeted Hezbollah command and control complexes, including the headquarters of the Southern Front Unit used to attack Israeli citizens and forces without offering evidence. [427]
- The IDF said that it killed three Hezbollah sector commanders and 70 other Hezbollah militants. [429] It also claimed to have killed Khalil Muhammad Amhaz, an expert in the Hezbollah air unit responsible for designing its kamikaze drones and reconnaissance drones. [427]
- An Israeli air strike on a vehicle in Nabatieh killed an Iranian medic. [427]
- Approximately 135 rockets and five drones were launched from Lebanon to Israel. [427] [430]
- A man was moderately injured by shrapnel in Nahariya during a Hezbollah barrage of 25 rockets. [431]
- Hezbollah said that its fighters launched kamikaze drones containing explosives towards an IDF base south of Haifa. [427]
- Four projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards central Israel, three of which were intercepted or hit open areas. [427] Hezbollah later claimed that it struck a military industries company in the suburbs of Tel Aviv using rockets. [427] [432]
- Hezbollah said that it forced Israeli soldiers to retreat when they attempted to "infiltrate" from the outskirts of Aitarun. [427]
- Hezbollah claimed that it had killed over 70 Israeli soldiers. [427]
- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Hezbollah prepared an "invasion" of Israel. [433]
- An Israeli airstrike destroyed an office of the Hezbollah-linked broadcaster Al Mayadeen in Beirut, killing one person and injuring five others. [434] [435]
- A Palestinian was lightly injured either by a rocket from Lebanon or an Israeli interceptor missile in Ras Atiya. [436]
- Israeli forces conducted three raids on Khiam. [437]
- Four reservists of the Carmeli Brigade's 222nd Battalion were killed and six others were injured, three seriously, after they were ambushed by Hezbollah fighters with grenades in southern Lebanon. [438]
24 October
- Hezbollah launched approximately 120 rockets towards Israel. [439]
- The Syrian defence ministry and SANA reported that Israeli strikes on a residential building in Kafr Sousa and a military site in Homs Governorate killed a soldier and wounded seven others. [440]
- An Israeli strike during the evacuation of injured people from the outskirts of Yater killed three Lebanese soldiers, including an officer. [441]
- The IAF said that it killed dozens of militants over the past day, struck over 160 Hezbollah targets including launchers, military buildings and military infrastructure throughout Lebanon and “eliminated" several militant squads using aerial strikes. The IDF also claimed that its 98th division located ammunition depots containing hundreds of antitank missiles and mortar bombs. [442]
- The IDF said that it struck several Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and weapons factories in its overnight strikes in Dahieh. [443]
- Rocket shrapnel moderately injured two people and lightly injured two others in Western Galilee. Hezbollah claimed multiple strikes including launching rockets towards Safed and Nahariya and targeted Zevulon military industries base north of Haifa with rockets. [444]
- Israel asked approximately 25 towns in the Upper Galilee to limit movements, avoid gatherings and stay in the vicinity of protected zones. [444]
- An Israeli strike on a car in the vicinity of Aley killed at least one person. [445]
- Hezbollah claimed to have killed Israeli soldiers after a firefight in Ayta ash Shab, destroyed a Merkava tank which tried to provide support and hit another Merkava. It also claimed multiple rocket strikes targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Misgav Am and Manara, Kiryat Shmona, and a logistical base affiliated with the IDF Northern Command between Nahariya and Acre. [444]
- Hezbollah fired five rockets at Karmiel, with shrapnel from an intercepted rocket lightly injuring an elderly man. [446] It also claimed that it forced Israeli soldiers advancing in the vicinity of Odaisseh to retreat following clashes. [444]
- Two Israeli officers were seriously injured in separate incidents in southern Lebanon. In a third incident, a commander of the Oketz Unit was killed and a reservist from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade's 7155th Battalion was seriously injured during a clash with Hezbollah members. [438] [447]
- Hezbollah said it destroyed an IDF tank in Aita al-Shaab using a guided missile and claimed that it killed and injured its crew. It also said its fighters engaged in intense” clashes at “point-blank range” with assault weapons and rocket-propelled grenades against IDF vehicles in Aita al-Shaab. [448]
- Israeli strikes hit an area in the southern suburbs of Beirut. [449]
- Five reservists of the IDF's 8th Armored Brigade's 89th Battalion, including its deputy commander, were killed and 24 others were injured, four seriously, when a Hezbollah rocket struck a building in southern Lebanon. [450] [451]
25 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that at least 41 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [450]
- An apparent Israeli targeted strike on a compound where journalists were housed in villas in Hasbaiyya killed three journalists. Two of them were staff members of the Hezbollah linked news television channel Al Mayadeen, and the third person killed was a staff member of the Hezbollah linked television station Al-Manar TV. Three others were injured. [450] [452]
- The IDF claimed that its fighter jets killed Abbas Adnan Maslam, a Redwan force commander in Aitaroun responsible for execution of many shooting plans targeting IDF and settlements in northern Israel. It also claimed that it struck approximately 200 militant targets in Lebanon. [450]
- An Israeli soldier was seriously injured in southern Lebanon. [451]
- An Israeli airstrike disabled the Qaa crossing on the Lebanon–Syria border. [453]
- Israeli combat engineers from the Carmeli Brigade destroyed two Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon. [454]
- Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said that 163 rescuers and health workers were killed and 273 others were injured in Lebanon since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. [455]
- A Hezbollah rocket attack in Shomera injured six Israeli soldiers. [456] [457]
- Hezbollah claimed that it inflicted casualties on Israeli forces advancing towards Marwahin with anti-armour guided missiles. It added that it struck a Merkava tank with another guided missile and claimed that it killed and injured its crew. It said that it fired multiple rocket barrages at Israeli settlements along the border and said that it targeted an IDF base south of Haifa with missiles. [450]
- A leaked UNIFIL report accused the IDF of attacking UN positions 12 times. It also accused the IDF of using white phosphorus against peacekeepers. [450]
- Hezbollah fired 30 rockets targeting Karmiel. [458] Two civilians were killed and seven others were injured, one critically and one seriously, when a rocket hit a market in the nearby city of Majd al-Krum. [459]
- The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah weapons production facilities, an intelligence headquarters and air defence capabilities in its air strikes in Beirut. [450]
- Hezbollah said that it fired a rocket salvo towards Safed. It also said that its fighters launched an air strike using a swarm of explosives containing drones towards an IDF base situated in the east of the same area. [450]
- Hezbollah claimed that it inflicted injuries by targeting an Israeli force of 12 soldiers using a guided missile in the outskirts of Odaisseh. It also said that it struck a Hummer IDF vehicle with four soldiers. [450]
- Hezbollah fired a total of 65 rockets at northern Israel throughout the day. [460]
26 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that at least 19 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon one day prior. [461]
- The IDF carried out airstrikes in Iran in response to its attacks against Israel. [462] [463] An Iranian civilian and four Iranian soldiers were killed in the strikes. [464] [465]
- The IDF blew up a large underground complex at Rab Thalathin in Lebanon, that was ready to host 200 Hezbollah militants, and included computerized communications control rooms, supplies for months, ammunition on a battalion scale, RPGs, long-range anti-tank missiles, charges of various sizes, hundreds of rifles, and other tactical equipment. [466]
- The IDF said that its fighter jets struck 70 Hezbollah targets including antitank positions, military buildings, ammunition depots and operatives in the past 24 hours. It also released a footage of its soldiers operating in southern Lebanon attacking Hezbollah operatives and retrieving weapons. A drone containing explosives was launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel. [467]
- Two drones were launched from Lebanon towards Israel. [467]
- The NNA reported that the IDF blew up houses in Odaisseh. [468]
- Hezbollah said that it targeted the Tel Nof airbase south of Tel Aviv with drone strikes. It said that it launched a rocket salvo towards Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab. [467] [469]
- Hezbollah said that its rocket salvo targeted a Meishar base, allegedly an intelligence headquarters for northern Israel. [467]
- Hezbollah launched about 80 projectiles towards Israel. [470]
- Hezbollah said that it launched a rocket salvo towards five residential areas in northern Israel including the outskirts of Krayot. [471]
- An Israeli airstrike on a health centre in Bazouriyeh killed a paramedic affiliated with the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee and injured five others including three paramedics from Islamic Health Committee. [472]
- The IDF eased some restrictions for residents in areas of northern Israel. [461]
- Hezbollah urged residents of at least 25 communities in northern Israel and a few settlements in Golan Heights to evacuate, saying that those places have become “legitimate military targets” after stationing of Israeli forces. [461] [473]
- An elderly woman died after tripping on stairs while evacuating to a bomb shelter in Beit HaEmek. [474]
- The IDF issued evacuation warnings for residents of several buildings in the Burj al-Barajneh and Hadath areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut. [475]
- Five Israeli soldiers of Alon Brigade, including the brigade's rabbi, and three Hezbollah fighters were killed during a battle in southern Lebanon, increasing the IDF death toll in the invasion of Lebanon to 37. Fourteen other soldiers were injured in the same incident, four of them seriously. [473] [476] [477]
27 October
- Hezbollah said that it launched a rocket salvo towards Kiryat Shmona. [473] [478]
- Two drones were launched from Lebanon entered Israel. [473]
- The IDF said that its fighter jets struck Hezbollah weapons warehouses and sites used for the manufacturing and maintenance of weapons in Dahieh without providing evidence. It also claimed to have killed 70 Hezbollah fighters and struck over 120 Hezbollah positions. [473]
- A drone launched from Lebanon hit the roof of a factory manufacturing aviation components in the industrial area of Bar-Lev in Karmiel, injuring two people. [473] Hezbollah said that its drone strike targeted the "Yudifat military industries company” southwest of Acre. [473]
- Hezbollah claimed that its operatives killed and injured Israeli soldiers by hitting an Israeli infantry group advancing in Hula with a guided missile. [473]
- The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents of 14 towns and villages in southern Lebanon to move to the north of the Awali river. [473]
- Hezbollah said that it launched four more strikes on the IDF and claimed that its drones killed and wounded Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Manara and Marj. [473]
- Approximately 75 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel. One rocket hit the ground injuring three people in Tamra, including a woman who was critically injured. [473]
- The IDF said that it killed the commander of Hezbollah's Bint Jbeil division and his successor in two separate airstrikes within 24 hours. [479]
- An Israeli airstrike in Sidon killed nine people and injured 25 others. [480] [473] [481]
- Hezbollah said that its air defence units forced back Israeli warplanes using surface-to-air missiles above western Lebanon. [473]
- An Israeli air strike on a rescue center in Ain Baal killed seven people including a nurse and three paramedics and injured 24 others. [482]
28 October
- The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that at least 38 people were killed and 124 others were injured in Israeli attacks in Lebanon one day prior. [481]
- Two IDF officers and a number of Israeli soldiers were killed in Lebanon. The IDF said that over 1200 Hezbollah militants were killed since the start of its ground operation in Lebanon and claimed that Hezbollah maintained only 30% of the rockets it initially had before the conflict. [481] [483]
- An Israeli airstrike in Tyre killed seven people and injured 17 others. [484] [481]
- Hezbollah claimed that a drone hit the Yudifat Military Industries Company southeast of Acre. [481]
- About 115 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards Israel. [485]
- Hezbollah claimed that it inflicted casualties and injuries among Israeli soldiers by ambushing two IDF vehicles advancing to the Tal Nahas area on the outskirts of Kafr Kila using machine guns and rockets. [481]
- Israeli airstrikes in the Baalbek region killed at least 60 people including at least two children. [486]
- Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Al-Nizariyah, on the Syrian-Lebanese border. [487]
29 October
- Hezbollah elected Naim Qassem as its new Secretary-General. [488]
- Hezbollah fired 50 rockets at Ma'alot-Tarshiha, killing one person. [489]
- A drone from Lebanon hit a bridge at the Nahariya railway station. A second drone was intercepted over the Upper Galilee. [489]
- The IDF said that it destroyed a Hezbollah underground command centre which was built eight metres underground and another bunker used to store half a tonne of explosives during its ground operations in southern Lebanon. [490]
- Eight Austrian peacekeepers were slightly injured when a Hezbollah rocket hit the UNIFIL headquarters in Camp Naqoura, in the vicinity of the Israeli border. [491] [492]
- Nine people were killed and a girl was trapped under rubble in an Israeli airstrike in Haret Saida, southeast of Sidon. [493] [494]
- Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant claimed that Hezbollah maintained only 20% of the rockets and missiles it initially had before the conflict. [495] Hezbollah denied the claim. [496]
- The IDF announced that Hezbollah's commander in Ayta ash Shab was captured by Israeli forces two weeks prior. [497]
- An Israeli reservist of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade's 7155th Battalion died from injuries sustained during a battle in southern Lebanon on 24 October. [498]
- Israeli tanks reportedly entered the outskirts of Khiam following a wave of heavy air attacks on the village. Hezbollah claimed that it destroyed two tanks with guided missiles and attacked Israeli troops with artillery and rockets southwest of the village. [499]
- An Israeli airstrike in Sarafand killed 10 people and injured 21 others, while a strike near Sidon killed six and injured 37. [500] [501]
- Hezbollah fired approximately 75 rockets at northern Israel throughout the day. [502]
30 October
- At least 77 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [503]
- Shrapnel from a Hezbollah rocket attack near Metula injured two farmworkers, one seriously. [504]
- The IDF said that it struck over 100 targets in Lebanon including Hezbollah rocket launchers and claimed that it killed dozens of militants one day prior. [494]
- An Israeli drone strike hit a car in Araya area of Baabda District. [494]
- The IDF announced that it killed Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi, the Redwan Force's deputy commander, in an airstrike in Nabatieh. [505]
- The IDF issued evacuation orders for residents of at least eight towns in southern Lebanon to move to the north of the Awali River. [494] Evacuation orders were also issued for residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday and Douris, [506] after which Israeli fighter jets launched a series of strikes in the al-Asira area of Baalbek, Iaat, Douris and surrounding areas. [494]
- Hezbollah launched at least 60 projectiles from Lebanon towards Israel. [507]
- Israeli airstrikes in Sohmor killed 11 people and injured 15 others. [508]
- The IDF said that it struck fuel depots situated in military complexes of logistical empowerment unit of Hezbollah in Bekaa. [509]
- Hezbollah said that it struck the Ein Shemer Airfield, the Eliakim camp and Shraga base north of Acre with rockets and drones. [494]
- A Hezbollah drone attack injured two people in Hadera. [494]
- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that Israeli strikes killed 19 people, including eight women, in two towns in Baalbek District. [494]
- A Katyusha rocket targeting Israel hit the Irish peacekeeping base Camp Shamrock in southern Lebanon, causing minor damage. [510]
31 October
- At least 45 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. [511]
- Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar reported that a drone launched from Lebanon hit its target in Nahariya. [512]
- The IDF claimed that its fighter jets struck approximately 150 Hamas linked targets in Gaza and Hezbollah linked targets in Lebanon including Hezbollah headquarters and rocket launchers. It said that a Hezbollah unit launched a missile towards one of its fighter jets above an area north of Tyre and it responded by destroying the site. It also said that it continued its ground operations in southern Lebanon, destroying militant infrastructures and striking antitank squads. [513]
- The IDF issued evacuation orders for 10 towns and villages in southern Lebanon including Al-Hawsh, Borgholiyeh and Ansar. [514] Later, a series of Israeli airstrikes struck the Al-Hawsh area. [515]
- Israeli forces launched airstrikes in Baalbek District, killing eight people, including two children. [516]
- A Hezbollah barrage of two rockets hit an apple orchard near Metula, killing five agricultural workers including four Thai nationals and seriously injuring one. [517] [518]
- SANA reported that Israeli strikes hit a number of residential buildings in Al-Qusayr, causing “material damage” to its industrial zone and some of its residential neighbourhoods killing 10 people, including civilians. [519] [520] The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah command centers and weapon depots. [521]
- An Israeli airstrike on an Al-Risala Health Ambulance Association vehicle in Zefta killed a paramedic and wounded two others. [522]
- Israeli strikes killed five other medics and injured two others. [523]
- Hezbollah fired 25 projectiles at the Haifa area. Two people were killed and a third was lightly injured near Kiryat Ata. [524] [525]