Hezbollah operations commander Ibrahim Aqil is among those killed in an Israeli missile strike on Beirut. The Lebanon and Israel clash in an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the pager deadly pager explosions.
Hedge fund manager Steve Eisman, known for a winning bet against the US housing market that was dramatised in Hollywood movie The Big Short, has been put on leave for a post on social media claiming he was celebrating the devastation in Gaza.A user on X, formerly Twitter, posted the world was silent about Gaza - to which Mr Eisman responded: 'You must be kidding. We are not silent. We are celebrating.' His account has since been deleted.
According to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's nearly year-old war in the enclave.In comments cited by media reports, he apologised for his remarks and said he had intended to refer to Israel's attacks on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.Mr Eisman himself could not immediately be contacted.
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