What happened: State of the Union: Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a new ground offensive.
Cross-source context: Democracy Now! highlights we speak with journalist Lylla Younes in Lebanon, where she says Israel’s “massacres are multiplying” amid the broader U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Israeli strikes have killed nearly 700 people in Lebanon over the past two weeks, while attacks have expanded... Bloomberg highlights israel said it killed Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, in an overnight attack, intensifying a region-wide war that shows no sign of abating well into its... Defense Minister Israel Katz said Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been “eliminated,” along Democracy Now! highlights it is the seventh day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and Israel is escalating attacks on Lebanon after ordering the entire population of southern Lebanon... This comes as Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to turn areas of Lebanon into another Gaza...
What to watch next: movement around escalates, invasion.