BEIRUT -- At least 25 people were killed and 32 others wounded on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported.

According to NNA, an Israel airstrike targeting a residential apartment in Barja, a town in the Chouf district in Mount Lebanon, killed 15 people, and civil defense teams were still searching for casualties under the rubble. (Lebanon-Israeli Strike-Casualties)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 216 Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been killed over the past 50 days amid Israel's intensified strikes in Lebanon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Tuesday.

An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday hit a home in the village of Barghliyeh, near Tyre in southern Lebanon, killing three Syrian refugees and injuring three others, according to the observatory. (Syria-Israeli Strikes-Killing)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he has dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing their differences over security matters.

In a termination letter made public by Netanyahu's office, the prime minister informed Gallant that his term would end within 48 hours. (Israel-Defense Minister-Dismissal)

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TEHRAN -- Iran successfully launched two domestically produced satellites aboard a Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia early Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The satellites, named Kowsar and Hodhod, were developed by Iran's private sector, Tasnim reported. Kowsar, a 30-kg remote-sensing satellite, is equipped to capture high-resolution images intended for agricultural planning, natural resource management, environmental monitoring, and crisis management. It is expected to remain operational for about 3.5 years, orbiting at 500 km above Earth, with a primary focus on agricultural and land use applications. (Iran-Satellite-Russia) Enditem

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