2.42 p.m.: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah wants to speak to his supporters again after the attacks between the militia and the Israeli army. The Hezbollah Secretary General will give a speech on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. (local time, 5 p.m. CEST) that will be broadcast on television, the militia announced.
10.44 am: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have carried out further attacks on Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon. “Within the last hour, the IDF has attacked several Hezbollah launchers in various areas of southern Lebanon in order to eliminate threats,” the military said in a statement.
8.40 am: The Hezbollah militia has said it has ended the first part of its retaliatory attack for the killing of a high-ranking military commander. “Our military operation for today is complete,” the Iranian-backed militia said. All missiles were fired at Israeli targets as planned.
8.15 am: Intelligence chief David Barnea will lead an Israeli delegation to talks in Cairo on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. This is reported by Israeli army radio, citing diplomatic representatives. According to security sources, representatives of the USA and Israel began new talks in the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Egypt, together with the USA and Qatar, is mediating in the ceasefire negotiations that have been ongoing for months.
8.06 am: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced decisive action against the Hezbollah militia. “We are determined to do everything to defend our country, to bring the inhabitants of the north safely back to their homes,” he said in response to previous retaliatory strikes by the Iranian-allied militia. A simple rule will be followed. “Whoever harms us, we harm,” Netanyahu stressed.
7.53 am: One person was killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in the southern Lebanese city of Khiam on Sunday, security sources confirmed to the Reuters news agency.
