1.30am: The Yemeni television channel Al-Masirah, controlled by the pro-Iranian Houthis, reported Israeli attacks on the ports of Hodeida and Ras Issa as well as on two power plants. A dock worker and three engineers were killed. There are also more than 30 injured.
video | Huge fireball over port city
1 a.m.: The Israeli army says it has once again attacked a command center of the Islamist Hamas from the air in the embattled Gaza Strip. It was said that night that it was in the north of the sealed-off coastal strip on the site of a former school. The headquarters served Hamas to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and the State of Israel. The army took numerous measures before the attack to reduce the danger to civilians. The information could not initially be independently verified.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it continued to attack positions of the Hamas-allied Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The military announced that night that targets were being attacked in the Bekaa Valley in the east of the neighboring country.
00:27: An Israeli attack reportedly hits a residential building in Beirut’s Kola district. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a bang and smoke rising from a hole in the attic, which appeared to have been deliberately targeted. It is the first Israeli attack within Beirut city limits since recent fighting began.
12:15 a.m.: According to eyewitness reports, an explosion occurred in the southwest of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Eyewitnesses reported to the Reuters news agency a loud bang and rising smoke in the affected area. Ambulances with sirens can be heard in the area. It is the first attack of its kind to occur outside the southern suburbs and within Beirut city limits.
8:53 p.m.: According to local authorities, at least 53 people were killed and 100 others injured in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced this after attacks in the south and east of the country. As before, it made no distinction between civilians and members of the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
5:29 p.m.: According to the military, the Israeli Air Force has attacked targets in Yemen with dozens of fighter jets. The army said the large-scale operation targeted facilities of the “Houthi terror regime” in the areas of Ras Isa and Hudaydah. Among other things, power plants and a port used for oil imports were attacked. The Houthi militia is said to have transported Iranian weapons and military supplies through the port, the Israeli army said. The information could not be independently verified.
