The Israeli military has issued evacuation orders for the southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik.

Residents in the southern part of the capital should leave the area immediately, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee says in a post on X.

Adraee also shares a map of the neighbourhood, which highlights specific buildings which he says are "near Hezbollah facilities and interests".

"For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate this building and the surrounding buildings immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters," he says.

This comes after the UN said earlier today, external that one quarter of Lebanese territory is now under Israeli military "displacement" orders., external

In a recent update from the Israeli military, it says it has killed a Hezbollah-affiliated member in a strike in Syria's Quneitra province, which borders the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Avichay Adraee says in a post on X that the air force "eliminated the terrorist named Adham Jahoot" in a strike earlier today.

Jahoot, he says, was a member of a Hezbollah branch that is operates near Syria's southern border with Israel.

Hezbollah has not yet commented.

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President Joe Biden told Benjamin Netanyahu to "minimise harm to civilians" in Lebanon - in particular in "the densely populated areas of Beirut" - in a phone call earlier today, according to a White House.

The president also "emphasised the need for a diplomatic arrangement to safely return both Lebanese and Israeli civilians to their homes".

Also during the call - which was joined by Vice-President Kamala Harris - Biden again "condemned unequivocally" Iran's missile attack on Israel, and reaffirmed the US' "ironclad" commitment to Israel's security.

The leaders also discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza and "the urgent need to renew diplomacy to release the hostages held by Hamas".

"They agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days both directly and through their national security teams," the readout concludes.

Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

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Amid gunfire and Israeli artillery shelling, Palestinian medics say they have begun moving premature babies and other patients away from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia refugee camp.Troops and tanks have been encircling the urban camp. Israel has been carrying out its third ground offensive in the area since the war on Gaza began, saying it is targeting regrouping Hamas fighters who aim to launch attacks.

Two other hospitals are virtually inaccessible and face evacuation orders, Gazan health officials say.

“I have been displaced more than ten times. I’ve moved from house to house, from school to school, under shelling, and from street to street,” Ahmed Leki tells the BBC, a 50-year-old father from the Falluja area of Jabalia.

"We are exhausted, completely worn out. There's nothing left. Where can we go? We have small children, and there's no safe place in Gaza, not a single safe inch.

"We left our homes with shells raining down on us, with bombing, destruction, and dismemberment all around us. Enough is enough."In recent days, new “evacuation orders” have been issued by the Israeli military covering a wide area in the north of the enclave, including Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia and parts of Gaza City. Everyone remaining in the north - estimated at 400,000 people - have been told to head to the south.

"Displacement is extremely difficult, a tragedy. There is no transportation, no necessities for survival. Men, women, and children ask, “Where do we go?” and the answer is, “I don’t know”,” says a local man, Bilal Al-Amreeti.

Despite Israel’s assurances, many Gazans fear that it aims to depopulate the north of the strip and turn it into a closed military zone or a Jewish settlement.

In the last hour, more Israeli air strikes have been reported in the south of Lebanon by state media.

Attacks were initially reported in the towns of Srifa and Derdghaiya, about 11 miles (18km) from Tyre, according to the National News Agency

It later reported the Derdghaiya strike as having struck the house of an elderly couple, next to a church.

The agency also says Israel carried out an attack on the town of Meidoun - which is about 19 miles (31km) north-east of the initial strikes.

White House tight-lipped on Biden-Netanyahu callpublished at 20:41 British Summer Time 9 October

20:41 BST 9 October

Rowan Bridge
North America correspondent, reporting from DC

The White House is staying pretty tight-lipped about the call between President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

In a call to CNN, the VP said it was an “important call” but wouldn’t be drawn on what was discussed.

And then in the briefing room a bit earlier, the White House press secretary was similarly vague on the details. All she offered was it lasted about half an hour and was “productive” and “direct”.

That second word may be telling. There have been reports of tensions between the Israelis and the US about potential responses to Iran’s missile strikes on Israel last week.

Last week, President Biden cautioned against attacking Iranian oil installations saying he would think of other targets.

Israel has yet to declare its hand, but Israeli media - quoting the defence minister - said any response would be “lethal, precise and surprising”.

We’re expecting an official announcement from the White House - what’s known as “the readout” - which might have a bit more detail later on.

Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health has recently issued an update on the number of people killed in the country.

As of this afternoon, 2,141 people have been killed and 10,099 injured since Hezbollah and Israel began trading fire in October 2023.

Yesterday, 22 people were killed and 80 were wounded, the health ministry says.

Israel vs Iran – targeting dilemmaspublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 9 October

20:07 BST 9 October

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

The comments today by Israel’s Defence Minister are a reminder that the Middle East could still be on the brink of an even more dangerous conflict.

As cross-border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah continue, numerous reports have circulated as to what Israel’s response will be for Iran’s ballistic missile attack on 1 October.

The fact that it has yet to happen does not mean that it won’t. In April, Iran waited 12 days after Israel’s air strike on its consulate in Damascus before launching 300 drones and missiles at Israel.

For Israel, and its US ally, there are pros and cons for every target set in Iran.

Missile bases: These are the most obvious military target as Israel will want to degrade as much as possible Iran’s ability to hit back in a counter strike. Hitting these would largely avoid civilian casualties or any economic pain to the population.

Oil and economic infrastructure: This would hit Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the pocket, damaging its ability to fund its proxies and its weapons procurement. But there would likely be civilian casualties and the oil price could temporarily spike, not something Washington wants.

Leadership: This would be a strategic escalation: going after key IRGC and regime figures, something that could trigger major retaliation by Tehran.

Nuclear sites: This would be the riskiest move of all, and Washington has made it clear it would not support it. It would also quite possibly be counter-productive, failing to destroy these well-protected underground sites but prompting Iran to race towards developing nuclear weapons as a future deterrent.

As we reported a little bit earlier, US President Joe Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken for the first time in weeks.

We can now bring you some details from that call, as the White House has just confirmed that - among the topics the two leaders discussed - Iran's missile strikes on Israel and the country's potential response was chief among them.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the call lasted about 30 minutes and it was "direct" and "productive".

Yoav Gallant's comments come in the wake of a massive Iranian missile attack on Israel launched on 1 October, when almost 200 ballistic missiles were fired by Tehran towards Israel.

While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said most of the projectiles were intercepted, some did make it through air defences.

Only one person has been reported killed in the attack - a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. Two people in Israel were treated for light injuries from shrapnel.

Hits were recorded in central Israel - including damage to a school - although Israeli authorities say damage to infrastructure and property in civilian areas was not significant.

The IDF said several air force bases were damaged in the missile attack. But it also reported that no weapons, aircraft or critical infrastructure damaged, adding that the air force's operational abilities were not affected.

Iranian state media cited the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as saying the missiles three airbases, gas installations as well as Israeli tanks in an Israeli military corridor in central Gaza.

You can read more about what we know about the Iranian missile attack here, or watch BBC Verify's analysis of it below:

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The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has sparked "extraordinary concern" over Lebanon's food supply, World Food Programme (WFP) says.

It says 1,900 hectares of agricultural land has been burned in southern Lebanon over the past year, with most of these lands destroyed after Israel intensified its strikes last month.

In addition, it says at least 12,000 hectares of farmland have been abandoned.

Matthew Hollingworth, WFP’s country director in Lebanon, tells Reuters news agency that what happened in Gaza, where nearly 500,000 people are struggling with catastrophic hunger, could occur in Lebanon.

"We need the world to be more impactful and able to make the arguments that this cannot go on," he says.

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Israel's response to Iran's attacks on Israel will be "deadly, precise and surprising", Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said.

Speaking during a visit to an IDF intelligence unit, he calls the Iranian missile attack last week - which saw almost 200 ballistic missiles fired towards Israel - "aggressive but imprecise".

He adds: "The air force was not harmed, all the routes are working, continuity is maintained, not a single plane was harmed, not a single soldier was harmed, and not a single civilian was harmed.

"Our attack will be deadly, precise and above all surprising, [Iran] will not understand what happened and how it happened, they will see the results.

Rami Ruhayem
BBC Arabic

Israel struck vital irrigation infrastructure in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, causing heavy damage and endangering Lebanon’s food security, according to Sami Alawieh, the head of the Litani River National Authority.

Israeli strikes first hit a main irrigation canal in the Arzay area northeast of Tyre, destroying it and cutting off water from much of the southern coast of Lebanon - from the outskirts of Sidon to the outskirts of Naqoora, he says.

Then, it struck roads leading to the main pumping station in Qasmiyeh, further south from Arzay, he adds.

“They hit all our means of distributing water,” Alawieh tells the BBC.

Water from the damaged channel flooded nearby agricultural land, causing widespread losses.

“This is civilian infrastructure, protected by international humanitarian law,” he says. “This could be a war crime and a systemic policy aimed at preventing Lebanon from exploiting its water resources.”

The BBC has approached the Israeli military for comment.

In Haifa, residents watch Israel's air defences at workpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 9 October

18:20 BST 9 October

Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent

The blue skies above Haifa Bay on Israel’s northern coast were dotted with white smoky explosions as Israel’s much vaunted Iron Dome system intercepted dozens of Hezbollah rockets.

Sirens sounded in the suburbs of Israel’s third largest city, nearly 30 km (19 miles) from the Lebanese border; it’s been targeted every day this week for the first time since 2006.

“We didn’t have the Iron Dome in the last war in 2006,” reflects local journalist Gabriel Confino as we watch this missile shield in action.

On mountains nearby there’s another layer of defence, David’s Sling, for longer-range rockets.

“Most people are also disciplined now and take cover in bomb shelters when they hear the sirens, ”Confino adds.

The Israeli army said 40 “projectiles” targeted this area. Some got through, sending up plumes of smoke.

There were more heavy barrages later in the afternoon including against the city of Kiryat Shmona, closer to the border, which killed two Israelis.

The Haifa area is dotted with petrochemical plants and oil refineries, as well as one of Israel’s biggest ports.

Local residents still stroll on the pretty Louis promenade but the shopping mall nearby is largely empty and the streets are quiet.

“Of course we’re scared,” declares Blondine as she rushes home. “The older houses here don’t have safe rooms inside.”

We can now bring you an image of damage to a building in Wardaniyeh, a town in Lebanon located north-east of Sidon, following Israeli strikes.

Lebanon's health ministry earlier said at least four people were killed and 10 injured in the attack, which the country's National News Agency said was launched on a hotel housing displaced families.

Image source, Reuters

Israel says it has carried out more than 1,100 air strikes since its ground invasion began in southern Lebanon on 30 September.

In an update shared in the last few minutes, the Israeli Air Force says it's used fighter jets, helicopters and remotely-manned aircraft to attack Hezbollah's sites.

At the same time, the air force attacked about 300 targets in northern Gaza as part of the fighting in Jabalia, it adds.

In terms of Israel's strikes on Lebanon, we've got a map below showing where they've been - although it doesn't include today's attacks:

Lucy Williamson
Reporting from Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel

We could smell the fires burning in Kiryat Shmona before we saw them.

In one street, neighbours watched as three teams of firefighters tackled plumes of smoke from a house where a rocket had landed.

Katy Krelshtein watched in disbelief from the other side of the road - the house next door belonged to her father.

"I saw red," she replied, when I asked for her reaction. "It’s gone beyond fear now - it’s just anger."

Rockets have been a daily reality for a year now in Kiryat Shmona, and many people here say they want their army to do whatever it takes to make them stop.

The deputy mayor of Kiryat Shmona told me that at least 15 rockets or fragments had landed in the town in the past two hours. Two people were killed here in this attack, as they walked their dog along a wooded street a short way away.

As we arrived, and began filming, there were several more rocket alerts and interceptions.

This close to the border, residents have just seconds to reach a shelter. We watched as one large barrage of more than 20 rockets, followed by what looked like a missile, were all intercepted in the sky overhead - part of what Israel’s army said were 90 projectiles launched from Lebanon in a single eight-minute window.

Earlier, we reported that Hezbollah had fired more rockets towards northern Israel, including towards Safed.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has just said it has attacked and destroyed the launcher from which those rockets were fired. It says that the launcher had also been firing towards the town of Shlomi.

Separately, the IDF says an Israeli missile ship intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) - a drone - that was approaching from Lebanon earlier today.

Although there have been many rockets fired from Lebanon today, this is currently the only IDF report of a UAV interception.

The White House says US Vice-President Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden during his call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.

We are still waiting on details of what was discussed in the call.

It is the first time the leaders have spoken in several weeks.

Netanyahu has also recently spoken with former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Earlier, a trip to the US by Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was postponed, as Netanyahu requested to speak with Biden before his departure, Israeli media report.

Image source, Reuters

We can now bring you an update from the Israel Police about a stabbing attack in the town of Hadera, which we reported on earlier today.

Six people were stabbed during the attack, which local authorities have described as a "terrorist incident".

The victims are suffering from varying degrees of injuries, police say.

A police spokesperson says that the attack unfolded over four different areas in Hadera, with the suspect "neutralised" by an armed civilian at the fourth location.

The suspect was arrested by police, who say they located an axe and the handle of a knife near the suspect.

The blade of a knife was later found covered in blood during searches of the area, they add.