"lebanon"

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

Taiwanese firm says pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the blasts, which occurred just hours after Israel announced it was expanding its war objectives, initially sparked by Hamas attacks on October 7, to include fighting Hezbollah along the Lebanon border.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called the day's events "an extremely concerning escalation in an already unacceptably volatile context." She urged all parties to avoid further actions or aggressive rhetoric that could spark a broader conflict.

Hundreds of people were wounded in Beirut's suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday.

Decision comes in response to significant escalation of hostilities, with Hezbollah claiming responsibility for firing over 320 rockets at northern Israel

Soon afterwards, Hezbollah announced it had launched an attack on Israel with a "large number of drones" as an initial response to the killing of Fouad Shukur