The IDF says it cannot confirm former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's potential replacement, Hashem Safieddine, was killed in an air strike last week
This comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the IDF "took out" Safieddine
Earlier, Israel said its troops have begun ground operations in south-west Lebanon - until now, its week-long invasion had focused on the eastern side of the border
IDF soldiers have been pictured raising Israeli flags on the south side of the Lebanese village Maroun Al Ras
The mayor of Beirut tells the BBC there is "no safe place" left in the capital as Israeli air strikes continue
The Lebanese Health Ministry says 36 people have been killed and 150 others injured over the past 24 hours from Israeli attacks
Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa, after the city was hit for the first time in 18 years on Monday
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says they identified about 25 projectiles, usually meaning rockets, crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory just after 11:00 local time (09:00 BST).
Some of the projectiles were intercepted while others fell in the Lower Galilee area, it adds.
As our correspondents answer your questions - press watch live above - the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has warned people in Lebanon not to head to the south of the country as they expand their invasion there.
"The IDF continues to attack Hezbollah sites in and near your village, and for your own safety you are prohibited from returning to your homes until further notice," the IDF's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee says in a post on X.
As we've reported, about 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel intensified air strikes last month, according to the Lebanese government.
Anna Foster
Reporting from Beirut
More now from Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem, who talks about Israel's claims that Hezbollah’s military infrastructure has been seriously degraded by two weeks of air strikes.
"Our resources and capabilities remain in good shape," he says. "Our command and control is solid. Look at how our operations have increased in the last few days.
"The longer the war goes on, the deeper Israel will find itself in trouble."
He addresses the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, and many of the group’s top commanders.
"The command and control and management of Hezbollah is organised. We are now over the painful strikes. All positions have been filled. There are no vacant positions left."
On a new overall leader, he says: "We will make it public when it’s done."
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Anna Foster
Reporting from Beirut
Hezbollah's deputy leader continues his statement by talking about "al-Aqsa flood" - Hamas’s name for its 7 October attacks on southern Israel.
Naim Qassem calls it "an exceptional event which has changed the Middle East".
"Israel’s reaction wasn’t just a reaction to Hamas, it was a reaction to finish off the resistance as a moment and to exterminate the Palestinian people and push them to concede their rights," he says.
"The Israelis aren’t engaged in combat, they’re engaged in murder," he adds.
"The US and some European countries are part and parcel of those crimes. If they hadn’t supported Israel politically and military and through their media, they wouldn’t have been able to withstand a month of fighting."
Qassem addresses the head of the Israeli army, Gen Herzi Halevi, directly. "You and your boss Netanyahu will fail as long as you continue this."
Anna Foster
Reporting from Beirut
Hezbollah’s Deputy Leader Naim Qassem is making a pre-recorded statement on the first anniversary of the group beginning its attacks on northern Israel.
He’s sitting in front of dark curtains in a location with no distinguishing features, as the group continues to fear its senior figures will be targeted by Israeli air strikes.
"Israel and America and the West are trying to more pressure on us to make us afraid," he says.
"But we won’t be intimidated. It’s hard to believe our state is without you Nasrallah [Hezbollah's leader who was killed], but I can feel your shadow over us giving us strength. You’re scaring Zionists even from beyond the grave."
A little earlier, we reported the latest figures on the number of people in Lebanon impacted by the fighting - with 1.2 million people estimated to be displaced in the country.
Some 37,000 families have found refuge in one of the approved shelters - but most of those shelters, 770 of 977, are at maximum capacity.
Many of those who aren't in those shelters are on the streets in Beirut, as these photos from this morning show:
Image source, ReutersThese displaced children have been sleeping in a car park in the centre of Beirut
Image source, ReutersOther children sleep at the city's Martyrs’ Square
Image source, ReutersOther families have sought shelter near Beirut's parks
Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem
Regional media are reporting that the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, recently resurfaced after he was out of contact with foreign officials for several weeks.
Various media say he’s spoken to Qatari mediators who have been trying to negotiate a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Last week, when the Israeli military released a photo of its chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, at his desk, an infographic in the background showed a question mark over the wanted man’s face, highlighting uncertainty about his status.
Citing what it described as a "well-informed source," Israel’s Kan radio station says in the wake of Sinwar’s re-emergence, Hamas does not appear to have altered its demands in ceasefire talks.
A prominent Israeli journalist, Amit Segal reports that no deal appears likely at present given outstanding differences on several points, including the fate of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strategic strip of land on the Egypt-Gaza border.
Image source, EPAHamas leader Yahya Sinwar at a rally in Gaza in April 2023
The Israel Defense Forces says two joint operations last week in Gaza, involving the Israeli Security Agency, killed three Hamas fighters involved in the 7 October attacks.
The IDF and ISA carried out a strike on what they describe as a "command and control centre" located in a school in Gaza City on 30 September, killing one. A second operation targeted two in Rafah on 1 October.
The IDF says all three killed were involved in carrying out the 7 October attacks and in the planning of future attacks.
Hamas has denied using schools and other civilian sites for military purposes.
Image source, ReutersUN high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi visits the main border crossing between Syria and Lebanon on 7 Oct, 2024
As we reported earlier, about 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel stepped up strikes last month - and more than 400,000 people have fled into Syria.
Of those, 70% are Syrian refugees returning to the country, the UN's high commissioner for refugees has said.
During a visit to the main border crossing between Syria and Lebanon yesterday, Filippo Grandi said "they went to Lebanon to escape the war in Syria - they're now going back to Syria, escaping the war in Lebanon".
The situation is one of "tragic absurdity" he said, and the "massive influx" of people into Syria is a "truly extraordinary moment".
In the past hour, Israel has said it's expanding its ground invasion in southern Lebanon, with more troops being sent into the south-west of the country.
This update tallies with the areas that Israel told to evacuate yesterday - including the more than 20 villages south of Tyre such as Tayr Harfa and al-Mansouri.
The IDF told evacuees to leave their homes and head north of the Awali River, as you can see here:
Image source, EPADisplaced people carrying their belongings walk among debris near a shell crater at the Lebanon-Syria border
As Israel says it's expanding its ground operation in Lebanon, we have new figures on the impact of the conflict on Lebanese people.
About 1.2 million have been displaced within the country since Israel stepped up air strikes last month.
Of those, 179,500 people are in approved centres for displaced people - 773 of those 977 centres are at capacity, the government says.
In addition, more than 400,000 people have fled Lebanon into Syria, including 300,744 Syrian nationals and 100,203 Lebanese.
More than 1,400 people have died in Lebanon since intense Israeli attacks started three weeks ago, the country's Ministry of Public Health says.
The Israel Defense Forces have just announced they began a "limited, localised, targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah in the western part of south Lebanon yesterday.
The Israeli ground operation in southern Lebanon began on 30 September - until now, it had been focused on the eastern side of the border.
The IDF also says it's the first time a reserve IDF division has been used in combat operations in southern Lebanon. It joins three other divisions involved in the ground offensive.
Until now, fighting had focused around Metula and Bint Jbeil
Hezbollah says it fired more rockets into northern Israel overnight.
The group says it targeted Israeli artillery positions in Dishon and Dalton in northern Israel "with a rocket barrage".
It also says it fired rockets at a "gathering of enemy forces" in Yir'on, another settlement in Israel's north, near the Lebanese border.
Earlier in the night, Hezbollah targeted Israeli settlements further west, it said on its English-language Telegram channel.
On Monday, Hezbollah claimed it targeted an army base near Tel Aviv, with damage reported in central Israel (see picture below). In total, the IDF says Hezbollah fired about 190 rockets into its territory on Monday.
Image source, ReuterDamage caused by a "projectile" in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv, on Monday
Gordon Corera
Security correspondent
Image source, Reuters"We face the very real danger of a further regional escalation of conflict," the director of the CIA - the American foreign intelligence service - said at a conference in the US state of Georgia last night.
William J Burns said the CIA did not assess that either Israel or Iran were looking for an all-out conflict - but there still remained a risk.
The risks, he said, came from misjudgments by leaders or events - like a military strike that was designed to be precise leading to unexpected casualties.
He said Israel had done "enormous damage" to Iran’s most important and potent proxy, Hezbollah.
But while Israel had had a series of tactical successes, the challenge would be to combine the use of force with intelligence and diplomacy to achieve a ceasefire to Israel’s north in Lebanon, as well as in Gaza.
Burns has been closely involved in negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. He said at times a deal had been close but had remained "very elusive".
There was currently an "extremely risky environment" dominated by military action. Asked if he expected a deal in the coming months he said: “I’ve learnt not to get my hopes up.”.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced this morning that a commander of Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut was killed by an air strike yesterday.
Israel says Suhail Hussein Husseini"played a crucial role in weapon transfers between Iran and Hezbollah" and was responsible for distributing the weapons among Hezbollah’s units.
Husseini is also said to have coordinated attacks against Israel by Lebanon and Syria, and was a member of the Jihad council, Hezbollah's senior military leadership council.
The BBC has not independently verified news of his death or his role in Hezbollah.
Image source, EPASmoke rises above Beirut on Monday evening, following an air strike in the south of the city
In the past hour, Israel's military says it has killed a Hezbollah commander in a strike yesterday in the Beirut area.
The Israel Defense Forces says Suhail Hussein Husseini played a "crucial" role in transporting weapons between Iran and Hezbollah. We haven't seen any confirmation on his death from Hezbollah yet and the BBC isn't able to independently verify his death or how important his role is.
There were more explosions last night in Lebanon's capital, with Lebanese media reporting at least 10 air strikes in Dahieh - the southern suburb of Beirut considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
In northern Israel, rocket warning sirens continued overnight and several more towns were declared closed military zones. Hezbollah earlier said it had targeted the outskirts of Tel Aviv with rockets, and Israel said Hezbollah had fired 190 projectiles by late on Monday.
We're restarting our live coverage now. Our report from yesterday - including the 7 October attack commemorations - can be found here, while our diplomatic correspondent has written about why an end to the conflict in the Middle East seems so far away.