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Hezbollah pledges allegiance to new Iran supreme leader Hezbollah welcomed the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader. "We in Hezbollah extend our warmest congratulations and blessings on this occasion. We renew our pledge of loyalty to this blessed approach and our steadfastness on the path of allegiance," the group said in a statement.

Israel is killing at least 10 children per day in Lebanon At least 83 children have been killed and 254 injured in Lebanon since 2 March by Israel as it attacks on Lebanon have intensified, the UN children’s agency Unicef said. In a statement released on Monday, Unicef said the recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah has taken a heavy toll on children across the country. “On average, more than 10 children have been killed every day across Lebanon over the past week, with approximately 36 children injured each day,” the statement published on the Unicef website said. “In the last 28 months, 329 children have reportedly been killed in Lebanon and 1,632 were injured,” it added. The agency warned that the figures highlight the growing humanitarian impact of the conflict. “These figures are staggering. They are a stark testament to the toll that conflict is taking on children,” the statement said. Unicef also reported widespread displacement linked to the violence. “Mass displacement across Lebanon has forced nearly 700,000 people – including around 200,000 children – from their homes, adding to the tens of thousands already uprooted from previous escalations.” “UNICEF urges immediate efforts to de-escalate the situation and prevent further harm to children,” the statement concluded.

Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon Human Rights Watch on Monday said Israel used white phosphorus munitions over residential areas in the southern Lebanese town of Yahmar on 3 March. The rights group said the shells were fired from the air and landed near homes in the town. The organisation said the use of white phosphorus in populated areas violates international humanitarian law because of the risk of severe burns and fires.

Hezbollah said on Monday it was engaging Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli strikes.

Office of Iraq’s top Shia cleric Sistani says attending pro-Iran rallies is 'collective duty' Office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shia cleric, in Najaf, said on Sunday that Iranians' popular public support for Iran during the current crisis is a "collective duty", according to a statement circulated by his office. The fatwa, responding to a question about whether it was obligatory to take part in public gatherings in Iran to counter what were described as efforts by “agitators” to sow disorder, said participation and presence in such circumstances are an obligation. His office, citing the fatwa, said followers should seek parental approval for attending gatherings when possible, but that if that is not feasible, participation takes precedence. The ruling, circulated by media and social channels linked to Shia groups, said the obligation applies amid what it described as sensitive conditions and the need to uphold societal stability in the face of unrest and perceived threats. An Iraqi woman walks past a portrait of Iraq's top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during march in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad on 21 June 21, 2025. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Analysts say Israel's actions in Lebanon, including mass displacement, are an effort to reshape the country.

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