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US defense secretary spoke to Israeli counterpart, reinforced importance of UN peacekeepers' safety in Lebanon

In a call with his Israeli counterpart on Sunday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urged Israel to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. 

In the call with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin also reinforced the need to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway to provide security for civilians as soon as feasible.

Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder said in a statement Austin stressed that steps must be taken soon to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza. 

Reporting by Reuters

51 killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Saturday

Lebanon's public health ministry says Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 51 people and injured 174 on Saturday. 

Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,300 people since the conflict broke out, it said. 

Israel threatened with more attacks if Lebanon operations continue

Hezbollah has threatened Israel with more attacks should it continue its offensive in Lebanon

The group said in a statement the attack in southern Haifa "is but a small fraction of what awaits if it decides to continue its aggression against our ... people". 

It also detailed how its drones were able to surpass Israeli defences. 

"The missile force … launched dozens of missiles towards various targets … with the aim of occupying the Israeli air defence systems.

"At the same time, the air force of the Islamic Resistance launched squadrons of various drones towards various areas in Acre and Haifa. 

"The qualitative drones were able to penetrate the Israeli air defence radars without being detected and reached their target in a training camp for the elite Golani Brigade in the Binyamina area." 

The statement said Israeli officers and soldiers who were "preparing to participate in the attack on Lebanon" were targeted. 

IDF to investigate how drone attack penetrated Iron Dome

An investigation will attempt to answer why Israel's Iron Dome defence system was not activated in Hezbollah's drone strike near Binyamin.

"We will study and investigate how an unmanned aircraft penetrated without warning," an IDF spokesperson said in a statement.

"We will learn and improve."

The spokesperson said the IDF is now contacting the families of those injured or killed in the attack. 

Iron Dome's Achilles heel exposed by drone attack, counterterrorism expert says

Matthew Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute, has appeared on ABC News. 

Here's what he had to say about Israel's defences.

At least 20 people killed in air strike at Gaza school

Inside Gaza, an Israeli air strike killed at least 20 people, including children, at a school on Sunday night, according to two local hospitals. 

The school in Nuseirat was sheltering some of the many Palestinians displaced by the war.

Meanwhile, explosions hit early on Monday outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. 

People were carried into the hospital.

Declining interest in evacuations from Lebanon

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the two flights that left Lebanon for Cyprus yesterday are probably the last ones. 

She cited a decline in interest but said commercial flights were still available. 

Here's political correspondent Isobel Roe discussing the flights.

WHO-Red Cross operation manages to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that a WHO-Red Cross operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza.

"WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals yesterday after nine attempts this past week," he posted on X, about an hour ago.

More Australians return from Cyprus

Last night, 147 more passengers landed in Australia after fleeing Lebanon, via Cyprus. 

More flights are scheduled to land today and tomorrow. 

Since October 5, 18 Australian government flights have taken Australians and their families from Beirut to Cyprus. 

As of today, 3,170 people have been helped out of Lebanon, with 2,552 of them already in Australia. 

The government says no more assisted flights have been scheduled to leave Beirut, but commercial flights remain available.