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.

Forced by yet another war in Lebanon to flee his home for the second time in just two years, and mourning lost relatives and friends, Hassan Kiki said he feels much older than 16.I lost two cousins

With airstrikes rocking Beirut and Israeli troops advancing against Hezbollah, Lebanon’s government has broken a taboo by proposing the first direct talks with Israel in decades. But Lebanese officials say they want the fighting to end first — and it might be too late for that.

Israel and Hezbollah are rapidly escalating a new war that is hitting Beirut and pushing toward a wider ground fight.

Amid regular Israeli strikes, officials in Lebanon are working around the clock to keep the country's only international airport open.

After Hezbollah launched rocket fire into Israeli territory on March 2, Israel responded with a large-scale offensive that again displaced many Shi'ite residents and reignited debate over the group.

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.

The town of Khiam’s location on high ground just a few miles north of the border between Israel and Lebanon has made it coveted territory over multiple conflicts.

Israel has more than doubled the number of troops along ⁠its ⁠border with Lebanon since March 1 and they are ⁠searching homes in southern Lebanese villages that the military has ordered evacuated, a senior Israeli commander said on Wednesday.