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Drone kills IDF doctor
An explosive-laden Hezbollah drone attack in southern Lebanon killed IDF doctor Cpt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, 30, and wounded seven others on Monday, according to The Times of Israel.
The attack struck an armored vehicle in the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah shortly after noon, and the IDF said the explosion killed Silvester and wounded the seven other soldiers.
The Times of Israel reported that Silvester was the 14th IDF soldier to be killed in the fighting against Hezbollah since a US-imposed ceasefire took effect in April, and it said Hezbollah kept up rocket and drone attacks while the IDF pushed ahead with its renewed offensive.
In Lebanon, the Israeli military said it killed Hezbollah missile commander Mohammed Mousa Mteirek in an Israeli Air Force strike in the Nabatieh area on Monday evening, and it said Mteirek was responsible for launches of hundreds of rockets and drones targeting Israeli civilians and IDF troops.
The same report said Lebanon’s health ministry shared footage of heavy damage after an Israeli strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre, and it said the IDF told The Times of Israel that it had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in the Tyre area and that the reports of a hospital being hit were under review.
Trump, Iran, and Beirut
Iran said it was suspending talks with the U.S. unless Israel halts its expanding offensive in southern Lebanon, with Tasnim saying the Iranian negotiating team was stopping "talks and exchange of texts through a mediator."
After Iran’s declaration, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, through intermediaries, to Hezbollah leaders, writing "there will be no Troops going to Beirut" and that Hezbollah agreed "all shooting will stop."
Netanyahu responded by saying the Israeli military would "continue operating in southern Lebanon as planned," and he warned that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking cities and civilians, Israel would strike terrorist targets in Beirut.
The BBC reported that Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered strikes on Dahieh in Beirut "following the Hezbollah terrorist organisation's repeated and ongoing violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon" and warned that "if there is no calm in the north, there will be no calm in Beirut."
The BBC also said traffic jams formed as thousands tried to flee Dahieh, and it reported that a senior Lebanese government official said it was relying on US mediation to pressure Israel to end its own violations and prevent further civilian casualties.
Tyre hospital strike and UN alarm
Israeli strikes near hospitals in Tyre continued even as ceasefire violations were described by multiple outlets, with Anadolu reporting that an Israeli strike hit a building and parking lot at the Maarka junction near Jabal Amel Hospital, killing two people and injuring 23 others.
Anadolu said the attack caused extensive damage to the hospital, and it also reported additional deaths and injuries from other strikes in southern Lebanon, including a drone strike on the Zefta–Nabatieh road that killed the driver and injured a medic nearby.
Naharnet said Lebanon’s health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility, and it reported that the National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near Jabal Amel hospital "hit a building and the parking lot, resulting in a number of wounded."
Euronews reported that the UN urged calm after Israel’s offensive into Lebanon, quoting UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric saying, "We are deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon and beyond."
Euronews added that the escalation threatened US-Iran peace talks, and it said Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to open "new fronts" while also keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon.
