Israel Confirms It Killed Top Hezbollah Commander in Wednesday Beirut Strike

Here are Thursday’s latest updates:

■ Talks aimed at the gradual opening of the Strait of Hormuz are ongoing, with news regarding the ships stuck in the waterway expected in the coming hours, Saudi television Al Arabiya reported.

■ ⁠Iran ‌denied any involvement ‌by its armed forces in damage ⁠to a South ⁠Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, its embassy in Seoul said.

■ Three people were killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and paramedics were wounded in Toul, Lebanese media reported.

■ The IDF said it killed Ahmed Ali Balout, commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, in the first strike in Beirut since the U.S.-mediated cease-fire.

■ Hezbollah launched several rockets at IDF troops in southern Lebanon, the IDF said, with no Israeli injuries reported.

■ The son of Hamas political bureau head Khalil al-Hayya, Azzam, has died of wounds sustained from an Israeli strike on Wednesday, al-Shifa Hospital said.

■ The shortage of essential medicines, medical supplies and laboratory testing equipment in the Gaza Strip is growing worse, the Gazan Health Ministry said.

■ The IDF said it foiled an attempted drone smuggling of 11 pistols from Jordan to Israel.