"lebanon"

Gallant was referring to Hashem Safieddine, a senior Shiite cleric seen as a potential successor to Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on September 27. This is the first time an Israeli official has addressed the reported strike on Safieddine.

Military says the strike killed Suhail Husseini, who it said was responsible for overseeing logistics, budget and management of the militant group

The government announced on Monday that 904 Australian citizens, permanent residents, and their immediate family members have departed Lebanon on government-secured flights, according to Xinhua news agency. On Saturday, two charter flights from Beirut to Cyprus were arranged for Australians, with Qantas and Qatar Airways providing connecting flights from Cyprus to Sydney.

The latest strikes add to the mounting Palestinian death toll in Gaza, which now nears 42,000 according to the Palestinian Health Ministry

Military had intelligence indicating that a meeting of key Hezbollah leaders was taking place in an underground bunker in Dahyia

"Many health workers have fled their work areas due to bombardments and are not reporting for duty," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a briefing in Geneva on Thursday. "This is greatly hindering the delivery of mass trauma care and the continuity of health services."

Naim Kassem said in a televised statement Monday that if Israel decides to launch a ground offensive, Hezbollah fighters are ready to fight and defend Lebanon

The South Governorate suffered the highest casualties, with 48 dead and 168 injured in Ain Al-Delb and Tyre, according to the Ministry's statement on Sunday. These attacks followed a Friday airstrike on Beirut's densely populated southern suburbs, which killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, involved in nearly a year of cross-border conflict with Israel.

85-year-old Khamenei, a former President of the country who took over the role as country's 'Supreme Leader' in 1989, has fully backed terror organisations Hezbollah and Hamas over the last many decades

It was not immediately clear if Nasrallah was at the site, and Hezbollah did not comment on the report

Those who remain for any reason are advised to exercise extreme caution, restrict their movements, and remain in contact with the Embassy, it said

The recent fighting is "intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation, says the joint statement

Israeli military intercepts surface-to-surface missile, which set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel; no reports of casualties or damage

15 of the victims were Lebanese civilians, while the other 10 were Syrians

Military warns residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah

We have many more capabilities yet to deploy, and we are in a very high state of readiness, both offensively and defensively, says IDF chief

Israel's military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.

The officials say US did not get advance warning of the second wave of attacks, with walkie-talkie radios targeted Wednesday

Urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint, recommit to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), return to cessation of hostilities to restore stability

Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices