The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

Women and children confirmed among dead, as US and UN officials warn against further escalation

Lebanon's health ministry updates death toll to 37 after Israel's strike in southern Beirut, with ongoing cleanup efforts and calls for accountability.

Israeli missile strike in Beirut kills 31, including civilians and Hezbollah members. Rescue efforts ongoing.

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets

Lebanon’s health minister says the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children

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Ibrahim Aqil's death was confirmed by Hezbollah

Lebanon’s health ministry has revised up the death toll from Friday’s attack

Israel's military said on Saturday it had in the past hour been "striking extensively" in southern Lebanon after detecting plans by Hezbollah to strike Israeli communities. Earlier in the day, its air force struck thousands of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon that posed an "immediate" threat amid growing fears of…