🇱🇧⚡- Moment a communication device exploded today in Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We are opening a new phase in the war - it requires courage, determination and perseverance from us. It is very important to do things at this stage in close cooperation - between all organizations, at all levels," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The new operation is carried out by all the bodies and the task is a clear and simple task - to return the residents of the settlements in the north to their homes safely," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We know how important it is at this time to carry out things in close cooperation, this happens first of all between all the players within the IDF together with the other organizations and also at the level of the most senior commanders," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "There is full coordination in the system and unity regarding the achievement of the goals: the Prime Minister, Chief of Staff, Head of Shin Bet, Head of Mossad and the Ministry of Defense," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "I appreciate that we are at the beginning of a new era within this war and we need to adapt ourselves, this is true for everyone, certainly for those who are in the air or control what is in the air because the position here is stronger, this time it is not Hamas, it is something else, stronger in the air, and we need to prepare for this matter properly," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We will complete all our tasks on all our fronts," -Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, ends his speech.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu approved a series of measures aimed at changing the way the situation in the north is handled," -Israel Hayom, pro-Likud media.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Every hour that passes since yesterday's bombings in Lebanon without striking Hezbollah is a failure," -Israel Hayom, pro-Likud media.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Time is passing and giving Hezbollah a chance to recover, build new communications systems and renew its fighters," -Israel Hayom, pro-Likud media.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Victory is not achieved through hesitation or a late response, but rather by focusing efforts to achieve a decisive victory," -Israel Hayom, pro-Likud media.

🇱🇧⚡- A walkie-talkie exploded during the funeral of a Hezbollah member - casualties reported but no deaths.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Military Spokesman begun speaking immediately following Yoav Gallant:

"We are very determined to create the security conditions that return the residents to their homes, to the settlements," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We are ready to do whatever is required to bring the residents north," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We have been fighting in Gaza for almost a year, we have many achievements and we still have a lot to do going forward," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We have many capabilities that we have not yet activated, I repeat, we have not yet activated, we have seen only some of the things," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We are well prepared. We are preparing plans to go even further," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The rule is that every time we work at a certain stage, the next two stages are much stronger, at each stage the price in Hezbollah is higher," -Herzi Halevi, IDF Spokesman, ends his speech.

🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡- Germany suspends permits to export military weapons to Israel.

🇮🇱⚡- Locals in northern Israel report heavy troop movement.

🇱🇧⚡- Several loud explosions heard at Baalbek, north-east Lebanon.

Reason for explosions unknown at the moment.