Hezbollah's regional command center, which was used to launch numerous attacks on northern Israeli communities, was destroyed by the IDF in an aerial strike.

Israeli ground forces and aircraft struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in three days of operations from October 14 to October 17. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) estimates that 45 Hezbollah members were eliminated on October 17.

Residents of northern Arab town treated for minor injuries; EU ministers say they back expanding UNIFIL's rules of engagement, but need IDF to withdraw from Lebanon first