Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon closed by Israeli strikes, says UN

Summary:

• Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon have been forced to close amid Israel's air strikes, a UN agency said on X on Friday.
• An Israeli strike near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria cut off the main international road linking the two countries. Two massive craters blocked vehicles from crossing into Syria.
• Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran and its allies would not back down against Israel in a rare Friday sermon, his first in five years, which came days after Iran fired missiles into Israel.
• Almost 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 last year, with 1,000 of those coming in the last week. The Lebanese government estimates that around 1.2 million people have been displaced. 
• Nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon since Israel launched a ground operation across its northern border on October 1. 

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Yesterday's key developments:

• Israel's military said it had hit Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital.
• Israel launched a deadly air strike on central Beirut, killing at least nine people at a Hezbollah-affiliated medical facility.
• The Israeli army issued a new evacuation order in areas of southern Beirut where it will target Hezbollah sites.
• The Iran-backed militant group said it fought off Israeli troops who sought to advance at the Fatima Gate, a former border crossing in southern Lebanon.
• The Lebanese Red Cross said an Israeli strike killed a Lebanese soldier and injured four of its medics as they were evacuating wounded people from southern Lebanon. 
• At least 1,974 people have been killed in the recent Israeli offensive in Lebanon, the Lebanese health minister said. 

(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)