The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months

Hezbollah says it can and will fight until a ceasefire in Gaza is agreed. Here’s a look at the scenarios.

Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the UN called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory.

Islamic republic’s UN mission says an ‘obliterating war will ensue’ if Israel launches ‘full-scale military aggression’ in Lebanon

Israeli forces conduct series of attacks on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as tit-for-tat strikes intensify.

Displaced Palestinian families in southern Gaza have fled intensifying Israeli gunfire in the north Rafah to seek shelter elsewhere

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East

Fighting continues in central and southern Gaza, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to encounter resistance from units of Hamas fighters, despite a recent assessment by the Israeli government that the “intense phase” of the ground offensive is drawing to a close. The IDF will now switch to conducting…

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant says the country does not want to go to war with the militant group – but will do so if pushed

Gallant says Israel can inflict ‘massive damage’ as UN humanitarian chief says war would be ‘potentially apocalyptic’.

Hezbollah has warned of a ripple effect across the Mediterranean Sea if Israel widens its conflict against Lebanon.