Sirens were sounding in northern Israel into Saturday morning; the Lebanon’s health ministry said more than 2000 people have been killed, most of them in the last two weeks.
The Israel military struck Beirut overnight and into this morning, issuing evacuation orders for Dahiya, the Hezbollah stronghold in the city’s southern suburbs.

President Joe Biden said the U.S. is in constant contact with Israeli officials, who have not decided on its response to Iran’s retaliatory missile attack earlier this week, saying he was “thinking of other alternatives” to strikes on Iran’s oil assets.

In a rare sermon, Iran’s supreme leader issued warnings against further escalation yesterday, as its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, visited allies in the region, landing in Syria today following a diplomatic visit to Beirut.

U.S. Central Command said it struck Houthi targets in Yemen yesterday. The U.S. military has sent dozens of fighter jets and thousands of troops to the Middle East as tensions rise.
Sirens sounded in northern Israel this morning. The IDF counted 122 missiles launched from Lebanon yesterday, and reported that two soldiers were killed by a drone strike in the Golan Heights.

More than 2000 people have been killed in Lebanon since Oct. 8, most of them in the last two weeks, and more than 1 million displaced by Israel’s intensified air and ground offensive.