Israel is striking “terror targets of the Hezbollah Aerial Unit (127)” in the southern suburb of Dahieh, Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces said, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital late on Thursday.

An Israeli strike on Thursday targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters live footage showed, almost an hour after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order to residents of the area. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab;

Israel recovered the bodies of two hostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said on June 5. Judith Weinstein Haggai and her husband, Gad Haggai, are American and Israeli citizens who Hamas killed on October 7,

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, discusses the operation that recovered the bodies of Judy Weinstein-Hagi and Gadi Hagi.

The Israeli army said in a statement that the bodies of the husband and wife were recovered in a special operation from Khan Younis area in the Gaza Strip. Following the recovery of two bodies, 56 hostages are still held by Hamas,