Israeli media reported infantry and tank units operating in southern Lebanon after the military sent thousands of additional troops and artillery to the border.

Israeli strike hit the first floor of a three-story building frequented by Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders in he Mazze district of Damascus.

Visuals from the streets of Lebanon showed widespread destruction done by overnight Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah-dominated neighbourhoods.

Rawhi Mushtaha was a close associate of Yahya Sinwar, a top Hamas leader who helped in planning the October 7 attack on Israel that killed over 1,200 people and triggered the conflict in Middle East.

The Israeli military on Thursday said it killed senior Hamas leader Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza. Hamas has not confirmed the deaths of the senior officials, which the IDF claims is because the 'group wants to prevent loss of morale and functioning of terror operatives'.

The Israeli military earlier today ordered the evacuation of villages and towns in southern Lebanon north of a United Nations-declared buffer zone.