Israel carried out a commando raid in eastern Lebanon to search for clues about a navigator who went missing 40 years ago.

Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated

The Israeli military confirmed Sunday that two soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon, where Israel says it has taken forward defensive positions to prevent the group from firing on Israel’s northern communities.

US Central Command says the service member was wounded during Iran's initial attacks across the Middle East last week.

Israeli air and ground attacks on Lebanon killed at least 41 people and wounded 40 others, Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said.

Dozens were killed in the Bekaa Valley overnight, the Lebanese health authorities said, amid airstrikes and intense violence in the town of Nabi Sheet.

Iranians describe scenes in Tehran after oil depots were struck, with one woman telling the BBC "you can smell the burning".

After meeting with the chief of staff of the French military in ⁠Beirut, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun asked Macron to intervene to "prevent ⁠the targeting of the southern suburbs following threats by the Israeli army against its residents," the Lebanese presidency said in a separate statement.