🔴Live: Israel says eight of its soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Summary:

• Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Iran made a "big mistake" after Tehran fired at least 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday in its biggest attack yet against its sworn enemy. Iran said later that its riposte was over, barring further provocation from Israel.
• The Israeli military deployed additional infantry and armoured units in southern Lebanon, a day after it announced the launch of a "limited" ground operation against Hezbollah. Hezbollah said it clashed with Israeli soldiers who tried to enter Lebanon as new Israeli strikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs.
• Israel's foreign ministry declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata" for his response to Iran's attack, saying: "Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil." 
• Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 60 Palestinians overnight, including in a school sheltering displaced families, medics said.

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Yesterday's key developments:

• Iran launched a missile attack on Israel on Tuesday evening with Israeli defence systems identifying approximately 180 missiles fired towards its territory, the Israeli military said. Most of the missiles were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system.
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards said its missile launches on Israel were in retaliation for the killing of Islamist leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, and Abbas Nilforoushan.
• US intelligence alerted Israel to the threat of Iran’s attack hours before missiles were launched. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States was "fully supportive" of Israel in the wake of the attack.
• Seven people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting and knife attack on the Israeli seaside city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, that occurred minutes before Iran launched its attack.
• The Israeli military said its troops were carrying out "ground raids" in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah targets and had launched air strikes on targets in Beirut.
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried out three operations targeting vessels in the Red Sea, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a televised speech. The attacks are the rebels’ first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)