With residents of Tyre waking to fresh evacuation orders, the Israeli military said it had launched a new wave of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure around the southern Lebanese city, opening another volatile chapter in a conflict that is again widening. A day earlier, Israel had designated all territory south of Lebanon's Zahrani River — an area about 40km from the border that includes Tyre — as "combat zones" and urged civilians to leave before attacks on the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. The broad warning, the first of…

With a sweeping new warning, Israel’s military has told residents across a broad stretch of southern Lebanon to head north, declaring the area a combat zone and signaling that the confrontation with Hezbollah is entering a more dangerous phase. The announcement pointed to a fresh escalation after more than 120 strikes hit Lebanon yesterday, even though a ceasefire was announced on 16 April. "We advise residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate to the north of the Zahrani River, as all areas south of the river are considered a…

A surge in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon killed 31 people yesterday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as Israel signaled it was stepping up its campaign despite a truce in the war with Hezbollah. At the same time, Hezbollah said its fighters were confronting Israeli troops who had moved into the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, while the Israeli military said it was widening its ground offensive. In a statement, the health ministry said 31 people were killed in the attacks and 40 wounded, among them at least…

Israel’s military has reportedly pushed deeper into southern Lebanon, with Israeli media saying troops have begun ground operations beyond the so-called "Yellow Line" — an area extending about 10km inside Lebanese territory. Until now, Israeli forces had been operating within the self-declared "Yellow Line", where they have carried out widespread demolitions even though a ceasefire has been in place since 17 April. "The IDF has begun ground operations north of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon," Israel's Kan public…

A deadly Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has left six people dead — among them two rescuers and a child — according to the Lebanese health ministry, underscoring the volatility that persists despite a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. The ministry said in a statement that "six people were martyred" in the strike on the village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr, including two rescuers from the Risala Scouts association, one of whom also worked as a freelance photographer, as well as a Syrian girl. The association is…

Fresh Israeli strikes shook eastern and southern Lebanon, state media said, underscoring the strain on a ceasefire that remains in place only tenuously, while a Hezbollah official dismissed Lebanon’s talks with Israel as a “dead-end”. According to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), two Israeli strikes struck the town of Sohmor in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, while additional attacks were reported across the south of the country. Lebanese authorities say Israeli attacks since the war began have killed more than…

Fresh Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanon on Thursday, jolting a fragile pause in hostilities just one day after Israel and Lebanon agreed in Washington to prolong their truce. "The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon," the Israeli military said. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said at least five villages in the south were struck, after residents fled toward the southern city of Sidon and the capital, Beirut. Earlier, the Israeli military had warned…

A fragile pause in the fighting between Israel and Lebanon is set to last a little longer after the two sides agreed to extend their ceasefire by 45 days, according to the US State Department. "The 16 April cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress," State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott said. US officials described Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington over the past two days as "highly productive", saying the two countries will return to the table for further negotiations on 2 June and…

With the latest Lebanon-Israel ceasefire nearing its expiry, officials from both countries returned to Washington today for fresh peace talks, even as Israeli strikes that have killed hundreds during the truce underscored how fragile the calm remains. Israel's military said it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after ordering residents in several towns and villages there, as well as in the country's east, to evacuate. It also said a Hezbollah drone crashed inside Israeli territory, injuring…

Israeli strikes killed 10 more people in southern Lebanon today, Lebanese authorities said, pushing the death toll for the day to at least 22 as violence persisted despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. According to the health ministry, six people — "including three children and two women" — were killed in the town of Arab Salim. Another child died in a strike on Harouf, while three more people — "including two children" — were killed in Roumin, all in south Lebanon. Earlier in the day, the ministry said 12 people…