Israel Air Force fighter jets destroyed hundreds of terror facilities across several areas in Lebanon, the IDF announced on Tuesday overnight.Over the last day, hundreds of IAF fighter jets, under the directions of the Northern Command, targeted approximately 1,600 Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley in deep Lebanon in several waves of strikes. The targets destroyed included launchers, command centers, and military structures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.Earlier it was reported that the IAF struck a vehicle in the Bekaa Valley in southern Lebanon, with Lebanese social media noting it had caught on fire following the strike.

Russia has generated more AI content to influence the US presidential election than any other foreign power as part of its broader effort to boost Republican candidate Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris, a US intelligence official said on Monday.The official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, speaking on condition of anonymity, made the comment in briefing reporters on the alleged use of AI by Russia and other countries to influence the November 5 vote.Moscow's AI content is "consistent with Russia's broader efforts to boost the former president's candidacy and denigrate the vice president and the Democratic Party, including through conspiratorial narratives."

The United Arab Emirates issued a statement on Monday expressing "deep concern over Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon," affirming the Gulf country's stance of "rejecting violence, escalation, un-calculated actions and reactions that disregard laws governing state relations and sovereignty," state media reported.

US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo spoke with Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron on Monday and expressed Washington's concerns about some Israeli threats to sever correspondent banking relationships between Israeli and Palestinian banks."He expressed the United States government's concern about threats by some within the Israeli government to sever correspondent banking relationships between Israeli and Palestinian banks and insisted that these should be extended for at least a year," the Treasury Department said in a statement.

Saudi Arabia expressed deep concern in a statement on Monday over security developments in Lebanon, warning of escalating violence and urging all parties to exercise restraint, state news agency SPA reported.

Hamas' armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said that its field commander in southern Lebanon, Mahmoud al Nader, was killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanon on Monday.

The United States does not think Israeli escalation to force Hezbollah to reduce tensions will yield the desired outcome of de-escalation, a senior State Dept official said on Monday, effectively disagreeing with Israel's strategy.The conflict is a key focus for Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week, where Washington had concrete ideas to prevent a broader war and would seek an “off ramp” to the tensions, the official told reporters in New York.