1:07 a.m.: Israel’s military responds to allegations that it shelled a base of the UN peacekeeping force Unifil. The Unifil soldiers in the Nakura area in southern Lebanon have been instructed to go to safe places, it said in a statement. Then they opened fire. Fighters from the radical Islamic Hezbollah militia operated from within and near civilian areas in southern Lebanon, it said. This included the areas around Unifil bases. Unifil said there were three incidents and two peacekeepers were injured.
0.55 a.m.: US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says de-escalation is necessary in the Middle East. The region has been in turmoil for months due to Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, she told reporters in Las Vegas.
