Israel attacks Lebanon and Yemen: What we know so far | Lebanon

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 100 people were killed by Israeli attacks on Sunday. It said more than 1,000 Lebanese had been killed and 6,000 injured in the past two weeks, without saying how many of them were civilians. The government said a million people – a fifth of the population – had fled their homes.

Israel carried out an attack in central Beirut in the early hours of Monday, the first time it has struck beyond the city's southern suburbs since 2006. The strike hit an upper floor of an apartment building near the Kola intersection, and a security source told Reuters that at least two people were killed. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said in a statement early Monday that three of its leaders were killed in the attack. Israel has not commented on the attack.

Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday. Israel said the airstrikes on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah were in response to Houthi rocket attacks on Israel in recent days. The Houthi-run health ministry said at least four people were killed and 29 injured. Images from Hodeidah showed parts of the city covered in a huge cloud of dust and huge explosions in the distance. The Israeli military said dozens of its planes attacked power plants and the ports of Ras Issa and Hodeidah and accused the Houthis of operating under Iranian leadership and in collaboration with Iraqi militias.

Hezbollah confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy chairman of the militant group's Central Council, was killed on SaturdayThis makes him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader to be killed in Israeli strikes in just over a week. The group also confirmed that Ali Karaki, another senior commander, died in Friday's airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Following Nasrallah's murder, three days of mourning were declared starting Monday.

Hezbollah denied claims that Abu Ali Rida, the commander of the group's Bader unit in southern Lebanon, was killed. Rida is the last living commander of Hezbollah.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon had “obliterated” Hezbollah's command structure.but he warned that the group would work quickly to rebuild it. President Joe Biden said Sunday he will speak soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and believes an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided.

Israel vowed on Sunday to continue its attack on Lebanon. “We must continue to hit Hezbollah hard,” said Israel’s military chief of staff Herzi Halevi. The Israeli military said it hit dozens of targets in Lebanon, including launch pads and weapons caches, and intercepted eight projectiles from the direction of Lebanon.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has broken his silence on Israel's killing of Hassan Nasrallah. On Sunday, Syrian state broadcaster Sana quoted Assad as saying: “We are sure that the Lebanese national resistance will continue the path of struggle and justice in the face of the occupation and will continue to support the Palestinian people in their fight for their just cause.” “

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Israel should not allow countries in the Iran-allied “Axis of Resistance” to attack one after another. Pezeshkian said in comments carried by state media: Lebanon should be supported. A deputy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in the attack that killed Nasrallah in Beirut. Pezeshkian said: “We cannot accept such measures and they will not go unanswered. “A decisive response is necessary.”

Saudi Arabia has stressed the “need to preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” In a statement released on Sunday amid Israel's deadly airstrikes, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said it was “following developments in Lebanon with great concern.”

Israeli opposition lawmaker Gideon Saar rejoined Netanyahu's government on Sunday, a move that is likely to strengthen the Israeli prime minister politically. According to Israeli media, Saar, who has been one of Netanyahu's harshest critics in recent years, will serve as a minister without portfolio and be given a seat in the prime minister's security cabinet. Expanding Saar's government strengthens Netanyahu by making him less dependent on other members of his ruling coalition, which has struggled in the polls.