Hezbollah said that it confronted an attempt by the IDF to advance on the Fatima Gate at the Lebanese border on Thursday morning.According to the terror group, it used artillery shelling in its attempt to halt the Israeli forces.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on Thursday what is happening in the region is a 'collective genocide' and that his country has always warned of Israel's 'impunity'.

The trial of a 72-year-old American man whom Russia accuses of working as a mercenary for Ukraine will take place behind closed doors, Russian state media reported on Thursday.Stephen Hubbard is accused of signing a $ 1,000-per-month contract with a Ukrainian territorial defense unit in the city of Izyum in February 2022. He was captured by Russian forces in April that year, and faces a sentence of seven to 15 years if convicted.State news agency RIA said the judge on Thursday accepted a prosecutor's request to hold the proceedings in secret to ensure the safety of the participants. It was not clear why the prosecutor believed an open trial would have placed them at risk.RIA said Hubbard himself supported the move, saying he did not want outsiders to be present. The news agency said on Monday he had pled guilty to the charges.Hubbard's sister Patricia Fox and another relative have cast doubt on his reported confession, saying he held pro-Russian views and was unlikely to have taken up arms at his age.

Russia has started evacuating its citizens from Lebanon, the Russian emergency ministry said on Thursday, Interfax news agency reported.

The IDF has eliminated a terrorist armed with a knife who had approached the gate of the Yehuda Brigade headquarters, the IDF reported on Thursday.No wounded were reported.

The 6th Brigade made up of reservist soldiers, joined on Thursday the IDF's limited ground operations in Lebanon against the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the military stated while sharing footage of the brigade's activities.The 6th Brigade was among the many to tackle the threats by Hezbollah as the terror group began launching attacks on October 8 - a day after Hamas’s massive attacks on southern Israel. The brigade congregated multiple times over the last year to train for the possibility of a ground incursion.IDF's 6th Brigade operates in southern Lebanon on October 3, 2024. (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)Over the past day, the 6th Brigade began combat in southern Lebanon, where forces conducted targeted raids to thwart and destroy the terrorist infrastructure of Hezbollah.The 6th Brigade is the first reserve brigade currently operating in Lebanon.