Israel strikes Lebanon as region braces for response to Iran.(CNN NEWS)_
What we’re covering.
• Hezbollah has lost contact with Hashem Safieddine, a possible successor to its late leader Hassan Nasrallah, according to a Lebanese security source. An Israeli strike targeted Safieddine on Friday.
• Israel carried out fresh airstrikes Saturday on the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that has seen daily attacks as part of an extensive Israeli bombing campaign. More than 1,400 people have died and over 1 million have been displaced in Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
• Hezbollah reported new clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, where Israel is mounting a ground offensive. In northern Lebanon, a leader of Hamas’ military wing in the country was killed in a rare Israeli airstrike near Tripoli.
• Israel has not given the US assurances it won’t target Iranian nuclear sites, a top State Department official told CNN, as the region braces for Israel’s response to this week’s Iranian missile barrage. Read more…..(https://rb.gy/kthqji)