Blinken urges Israeli officials to avoid further escalation with Hezbollah ■ Thousands of Israelis protest against the government outside Netanyahu's private residence ■ U.S. Nat'l Security Advisor Sullivan to meet with Israel's Nat'l Security Council head Hanegbi, Strategic Affairs Minister Dermer ■ IDF assassinates Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon ■ PLO secretary general says group should run Gaza ■ Several houses directly hit by rockets in Zar'it; no casualties ■ Air Force assassinates commander of Hamas' elite Nukhba force, who participated in October 7 attack, in northern Gaza
