IDF says troops died during gun battle with terror group members; air force hits Hezbollah in Beirut as Iran-backed group claims to target army's HQ; Syria claims bombed by Israel

Two people were killed as a result of a direct hit from a Hezbollah missile in Nahariya, Magen David Adom (MDA) announced on Tuesday. Both victims were in their 40s, MDA added. The IDF announced that three missiles were launched in total, and two were intercepted.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 18 people elsewhere in the country on Tuesday.

The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area after the defence minister ruled out a ceasefire until Israeli goals were met.

At least twelve heavy airstrikes have hit areas known to be Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs, security sources and eyewitnesses said. The strikes came after an Israeli army spokesman sent a warning on the social media platform X to evacuate areas in Beirut's southern suburbs.