IDF takes out nearly 10,000 Hezbollah militants: Israeli PM

In a video message on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Force (IDF) had taken out nearly 10,000 Hezbollah militants as the military continued attacks on southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military has been "systematically clearing out" Iranian-backed Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon, the prime minister said in the video.

In a separate statement, the IDF said Wednesday that it had struck Hezbollah infrastructure sites and killed Hezbollah militants in Tyre and other areas in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.

One airstrike hit a Hezbollah weapons cache in Tyre, triggering secondary explosions, according to the IDF.

Hezbollah has not yet responded to the IDF claims.

The developments came as Israel and Lebanon are engaged in direct, U.S.-mediated talks on border security and other pressing issues, although the two sides remain sharply divided over the status of Hezbollah's armed presence in Lebanon and the terms of a ceasefire arrangement.

Despite a ceasefire reached by Israel and Lebanon in mid-April, Israel has continued near-daily strikes in Lebanon claiming targeting Hezbollah positions and weapons, while Hezbollah has launched attacks on Israeli military positions.

Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said Wednesday that Israeli attacks since March 2 have killed 3,696 people in Lebanon and injured 11,413 others.

IDF takes out nearly 10,000 Hezbollah militants: Israeli PM

An endangered Indochinese gray langur has been captured on infrared camera in a nature reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province, highlighting continued improvement in the area's biodiversity and conservation efforts.

Reserve staff recently discovered the footage while reviewing camera-trap data collected in a provincial nature reserve in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er City.

The video shows the langur climbing onto vine-covered branches with its long tail hanging below before pausing to scan its surroundings. After confirming the area was safe, the animal relaxed and remained perched in the forest canopy.

The Indochinese gray langur is listed as an endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and is under China's first-class state protection.

Local authorities say strengthened habitat protection and management in recent years have steadily improved the local ecological environment. In addition to the rare langur, other protected wildlife, such as slow lorises, silver pheasants and red junglefowl, have also been recorded in the reserve, reflecting the recovery of local biodiversity.

Rare Indochinese grey langur spotted in Yunnan nature reserve