The element of surprise was lost when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the IDF's intentions to strike targets in the Lebanese capital.

Lebanese authorities say more than 3,370 people have been killed in the country as a result of Israeli attacks since March 2, when Hezbollah opened fire at Israel in support of Iran.

Lebanese Army troops were deployed on Monday at the entrances to Beirut's southern suburbs to organize traffic as residents rushed to leave the area amid fears of possible Israeli strikes. Earlier

Donald Trump reportedly confronted Netanyahu over Israel's actions in Lebanon and warned that further escalation could threaten ongoing Iran talks.

Thousands fled the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced the widening of the military campaign against Hezbollah.

Israel's government has ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. The strikes on Monday came a day after Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years. Hezbollah

BEIRUT, May 28 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon.

The Israeli infantrymen advanced up to the hilltop in the dead of night, punching their way in a bare-knuckle, eyeball-to-eyeball fight against entrenched defenders until they reached their

Israel’s air force carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military said, further straining a fragile ceasefire a day ahead of crucial negotiations in Washington.