Middle East conflicts live updates: Battles rage in Syria, Israel and Hezbollah trade fire threatening truce

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Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched “concentrated air and missile strikes” on the central Idlib province, “killing and wounding dozens of terrorists and destroying their vehicles and weapons,” the Syrian Defense Ministry said today.

Syrian forces are advancing in the countryside near Aleppo, Hama and Idlib as it seeks to secure territory claimed by rebel forces.

Israel said it struck targets in Lebanon after promising to retaliate for a Hezbollah attack on its positions in the disputed Shebaa farms area.

At least 10 people were killed by Israeli strikes on two southern villages, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on X this morning. Another person was killed in a separate strike.

Israel said there were no injuries in Hezbollah’s strikes, which came as both sides accused each other of violating last week’s ceasefire agreement.

Shebaa Farms is an enclave where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet. Israel says it is part of the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967 and has controlled since.

Dave