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In southern Lebanon, a Lebanese soldier was killed in an Israeli strike at an army checkpoint on the coastal axis of al-Amriyeh. The attack, which also caused several injuries, marks a new threshold in the war by directly touching an official position of the Lebanese State in a highly sensitive area.

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Lebanon is approaching this morning in a tense climate. A Finul Blue Helmet, identified as Indonesian, was killed in the South, while new strikes targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut after Israeli warning. To the south of the Litani, the Israeli advance also feeds rumors about Beaufort Castle, without clear independent confirmation at this time. In parallel, regional fire with Iran and the Gulf continues to weigh directly on the Lebanese front.

In Lebanon, the death toll rose to 1,238. Bombardments continue in the South, where relief workers were killed again in Bint Jbeil.

The American universities in the Gulf and Lebanon entered a state of alert after an explicit threat from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards against the American campuses in the region. In Lebanon, LAU and AUB decided to temporarily switch online. Against the background of the attacks on Iranian universities, fear of reprisals and a regional conflict that is now extending its potential targets to higher education institutions.

An emergency message was broadcast in the Negev after a fire in the industrial area of Nesot Hovav, caused by a fragment of Iranian missile. Israeli authorities fear risk from hazardous substances and have asked residents to remain confined, windows closed and ventilated

In Jerusalem, the Israeli police prevented Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Mass. The incident, which the Catholic authorities have considered unprecedented for centuries, revives concerns about freedom of worship, security restrictions and respect for the status quo of holy places.

In Bint Jbeil, two rescue workers were killed in a strike against an Islamic Health Authority centre near the hospital. The attack is part of a documented series of strikes that also hit Lebanese journalists, paramedics and soldiers, re-launching accusations of serious violations of international humanitarian law in southern Lebanon today.

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Itamar Ben-Gvir reiterates his call to kill Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. This statement by an Israeli minister in office revives tensions between Israel and Syria, as Damascus tries to stabilize itself and as the personal security of al-Sharaa is already the subject of serious regional warnings.

Lebanon: stocktaking, strikes, overflights of Beirut, journalists killed and political developments in the last 24 hours.

Lebanon closes this day on 28 March on a new official upswing. According to the Health Emergency Operations Centre of the Ministry of Health, 1,189 people have been killed and 3,427 injured since 2 March. On Saturday alone, 47 deaths and 112 injuries were recorded. On the ground, Israeli strikes again targeted rescue workers, while three journalists were killed in the Jezzin area.

Between Rmeish and Debel, a father and his son were killed in a civilian car in South Lebanon. This tragedy illustrates the extension of the war to border roads and the increasing vulnerability of civilians, now exposed to the same danger as rescue workers, journalists and residents of communities close to the border.

In southern Lebanon, the reported death of two journalists in a strike near Jezzine revives the alert about the targeting of the press by Israeli forces.