Rockets fired from Lebanon toward Kiryat Shmona early morning broke three months of northern calm, with one intercepted and another falling in Lebanese territory. Defense Minister Katz declared "if there's no quiet in Kiryat Shmona, there won't be quiet in Beirut."
By midday, the IDF issued evacuation warnings to residents in Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, followed by airstrikes targeting a Hezbollah drone storage facility - the first strike on Beirut since the November ceasefire. Netanyahu announced "the equation has changed," signaling a new policy of responding to any rocket fire with strikes against Hezbollah.
In Gaza developments, Hamas reportedly executed suspected spies following Israeli assassinations of senior officials. Netanyahu instructed Mossad to find countries willing to accept Palestinian emigrants from Gaza.
International coverage focused heavily on a catastrophic 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand, causing building collapses and dozens of fatalities.
