The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group is speaking out for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas

The chief of the Iran-backed group in Lebanon is set to give his first remarks on the war in Gaza as it clashes with Israeli forces on the Lebanon-Israel border

France has urged Israel and the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah to avoid destabilising the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon – warning that broadening the Israel-Hamas war would plunge Lebanon "into an abyss". However Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said an escalation of hostilities was "a realistic possibility".

Israeli troops have tightened their encirclement of Gaza City as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to press for a humanitarian “pause” in the fighting with Hamas and for more aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza

The controversial policy to avoid capture of Israeli soldiers isn’t formally in place now. But echoes persist in Gaza.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is set to speak Friday for the first time since the war began.

All eyes are on this Friday’s duelling narratives. Lebanon will see the first speech since October 7 by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to the region, starting in Israel before Jordan and possibly Turkey. What does the US…

The United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by nearly a third next year

Hamas armed wing the al-Qassam brigades says it hit border town, while Hezbollah claims attack on 19 Israeli positions

As the Lebanese prime minister, Najib Mikati, outlined a three-step peace plan for the conflict in Gaza on October 31, he made a statement which may seem ordinary to a western audience: “We will consider the right of Israel and the right of the Palestinians.”

Hezbollah’s leader will speak Friday on the Israel-Hamas war. What he says could determine whether the conflict spreads.