Israel's military said it was sending new ground forces into southern Lebanon as Iran warned the U.S. and its ally against retaliation for its ballistic missile attack.
What we know
- Israel vowed Iran "will pay" for its missile attack and an Israeli official told NBC News the country would retaliate swiftly. Tehran urged the U.S. to "step aside" and warned of "a far more crushing response" as fears of all-out war in the Middle East grew.
- The Israeli military announced the deaths of eight soldiers in Lebanon today and said infantry and armored units would join its invasion of the country's south targeting Hezbollah. The Iran-backed militant group said this morning that it had repelled Israeli forces from a Lebanese border town.
- Israeli and U.S. forces intercepted nearly 200 ballistic missiles but one Palestinian was killed in the occupied West Bank. Damage was reported at a school in central Israel, with missile fragments falling in several sites. Iran's president has threatened further retaliation should Israel strike back, saying that if Israel "persists in its actions, we will respond with greater force." Biden says he does not support an attack on Iran's nuclear sites but plans to announce new sanctions on the country.
- Israel conducted new strikes overnight on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after weeks of intense aerial bombardment that Lebanese officials say has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced around 1 million.
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