Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that an unconditional cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel is "the first priority," calling for intensifying international and Arab efforts to prevent a large-scale war.

A Saudi national, Omran Karim, fighting for Hezbollah has been reportedly killed in Lebanon during the conflict with Israel’s military. Karim, from Qatif, Saudi Arabia, was a dentist in Beirut’s Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh.