【以軍稱4名軍事人員在黎巴嫩南部遇襲身亡】當地時間19日，以色列國防軍發表聲明稱，4名官兵當日在黎巴嫩南部遭黎真主黨襲擊身亡，其中包括一名坦克營營長。聲明說，身亡軍官是以軍第401裝甲旅第52營營長。事件發生在午夜時分，在黎巴嫩南部泰卜尼特村，疑似一架無人機或一枚反坦克導彈擊中了該營營長所乘坦克，造成坦克內4人全部死亡。以軍表示，事件仍在進一步調查中。

The U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake information network reported on the 19th that a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia, at a depth of 10 km.

FX traders, including hedge funds, have bought large volumes of dollar call options after the Fed signaled hawkishness this week, increasing bets on further US rate hikes. Leveraged funds began buying dollar calls on Wednesday and demand carried into Thursday as investors absorbed anti-inflation remarks from new Fed chair Kevin Warsh. Tobias Jungmann, head of FX options for the Americas at BofA, says large-scale dollar call buying is concentrated in G10 pairs and, with implied vol at low levels, using options to build dollar longs looks attractive. Barclays senior FX options trader James Swindell reports broad, significant demand for dollar calls, especially in EUR/USD and GBP/USD.