Thanks for joining us for a third day of coverage on the unfolding Israel-Lebanon conflict. We'll leave the blog here but the ABC's team is staying across any further updates as they come in.
In summary:
- Hezbollah's leader Hasran Nasrallah has said Israel will receive a "just punishment" after it was suspected of orchestrating mass detonations of communication devices including radios and pagers across Lebanon that killed 37 people.
- A group of independent UN experts have condemned the pager and hand-held radio explosions across Lebanon this week as a "terrifying violation" of international law.
- The Israeli military said it has taken out hundreds of Hezbollah's rocket launchers after an aerial campaign on southern Lebanon.
- A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities found that the devices were implanted with explosives before arriving in the country, according to a letter sent to the UN Security Council by Lebanon's mission to the United Nations.
- European leaders, including those of France and Spain, condemned the device detonations and called for calm in the region.
- The US said a ceasefire deal to end Israel's invasion of Gaza, following the October 7 attacks, would "lower the temperature" in the region.
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