Israeli Strikes Kill 18 Across Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank

Israeli strikes killed at least 18 people across Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank on Saturday, one day after Lebanon, Israel, and the United States announced plans for trilateral ceasefire talks in Washington. In Lebanon's south, strikes on a village near Sidon killed eight people and wounded nine, while earlier strikes in the Nabatiyeh district brought the single-day death toll to 10. Among the dead were a Lebanese civil defence member and two paramedics from the Islamic Health Committee. The Israeli military reported striking over 200 Hezbollah targets within 24 hours, including rocket launchers. Lebanese authorities place the cumulative war death toll above 1,950. In Gaza, two airstrikes killed at least seven people. A strike on a police checkpoint in Bureij camp killed at least six; a second hit Beit Lahiya. The Israeli military said the Bureij strike followed Hamas members approaching the yellow line dividing the territory under a US-brokered deal reached last October. Since that agreement, Israeli strikes have killed at least 700 people in Gaza per health officials. In the West Bank, Ali Majed Hamadneh, 23, was shot dead by Israeli settlers during a raid on Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry confirmed. The violence complicates an already contested diplomatic track. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah called the planned Washington talks a 'blatant violation' of Lebanon's constitution, while Iran's supreme leader adviser Ali Akbar Velayati warned Prime Minister Nawaf Salam that sidelining Hezbollah would expose Lebanon to 'irreparable security risks.' Protests erupted in central Beirut, signaling domestic fractures over any negotiated settlement.