The Israeli military said it was stepping up attacks aimed at infrastructure in Beirut belonging to Hezbollah.

The grim milestone, representing one fifth of the country’s population, was passed on the same day as the Israeli military launched a ground operation.

Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold direct talks in the coming days, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday, in what would be a diplomatic milestone

Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold talks in the coming days aimed at securing a durable ceasefire that would see Hezbollah disarmed, two Israeli officials said on

Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel helped fuel a disastrous political crisis in Lebanon. Now the Netanyahu government is using it to justify a larger conflict. An expert discusses what Israel really hopes to achieve with its bombing campaign in Lebanon.

Israel’s devastating assault on Lebanon rages on, killing more than 25 people in the capital Beirut and in southern and eastern Lebanon, a punishing front in the wider war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran.

Israel struck central Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least six people. The Lebanese National News Agency reported strikes in densely populated areas. The Israeli military later issued evacuation warnings for buildings in Beirut.

By Abdelaziz Boumzar, Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) - Israel pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Friday, stepping up a war with Hezbollah that has forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese from their homes and killed more than 200,

Israel struck additional targets in Iran and Lebanon on Saturday and intercepted incoming attacks from Iran, the military said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said rocket attacks were launched from