• Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Beirut says “scene of chaos” after Israel strikes city centre, destroying two residential buildings and killing at least 22 people, wounding 117, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports.
  • United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix tells UN Security Council that safety and security of peacekeepers in Lebanon is “increasingly in jeopardy” as Israeli forces open fire on UNIFIL posts in country’s south, injuring two.