The Israel Defense Forces reported that new airstrikes were carried out against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, without giving details. Shortly after their attack, 25 rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. Israeli police said the rockets caused damage and fires.
The Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command ordered residents of the northern city of Safed and several other northern settlements to stay close to shelters until further notice.
On Greece’s Aegean island of Chios, five wildfires that began Sunday remain uncontained on day three, despite a state of emergency. Authorities have deployed 11 helicopters, two firefighting planes, 85 vehicles, and 444 firefighters; several villages have been evacuated and a team is probing the cause.
Summer fires are increasingly severe in Greece due to hot, dry conditions and climate change. Ahead of this season, the country hired a record 18,000 firefighters to respond to the heightened risk.
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