Lebanon

Israeli forces are carrying out "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border.

The Israeli army said Wednesday it struck 40 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as near-daily exchanges of fire rage on the border between the two countries.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Tuesday said it launched dozens of rockets at northern Israel in response to the killing of two civilians in a strike blamed on Israel in Lebanon's south.

Local rescuers and official media said an Israeli strike killed a woman and a girl from the same family on Tuesday in Lebanon's south, where the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel have exchanged regular fire.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said it launched drone attacks on two Israeli bases Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of a fighter Israel described as "significant".

Hezbollah last night launched a barrage of rockets at an Israeli army headquarters in northern Israel amid tensions between Israel and Iran. Hezbollah is an armed group based in Lebanon that is funded financially and militarily by Iran.

Terry Anderson, an American reporter once kidnapped by extremists in Lebanon back in 1985, and kept captive for seven years, died at the age of 76 on Sunday.

Terry Anderson, a US journalist who was held captive by Islamist terrorists for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country's 1975-1990 civil war, died on Sunday at age 76.

Three Hezbollah fighters were killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the group said in a statement.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched a drone and missile attack on an Israeli base on Wednesday in response to strikes that killed three Hezbollah fighters the day before.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that three Hezbollah fighters, including two commanders, were killed in its airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, CNN reported.

Israel launched air strikes on the Bekaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon early on Sunday, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, a few hours after the downing of an Israeli drone over Lebanon.

The head of Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah said on Friday that Israel's strike on Iran's consulate in Damascus this week marked a "turning point" since Oct. 7, when Palestinian

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel will pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike on the country's consulate in Damascus, Syria, the day before.

An air strike in Lebanon "eliminated" a Hezbollah missile unit commander on Sunday, Israel's military said, with Israel and the Iran-backed group exchanging near-daily cross-border fire for months.

Israeli forces are carrying out "offensive action" across southern Lebanon, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border.

The Israeli army said Wednesday it struck 40 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as near-daily exchanges of fire rage on the border between the two countries.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Tuesday said it launched dozens of rockets at northern Israel in response to the killing of two civilians in a strike blamed on Israel in Lebanon's south.

Local rescuers and official media said an Israeli strike killed a woman and a girl from the same family on Tuesday in Lebanon's south, where the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel have exchanged regular fire.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said it launched drone attacks on two Israeli bases Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of a fighter Israel described as "significant".

Hezbollah last night launched a barrage of rockets at an Israeli army headquarters in northern Israel amid tensions between Israel and Iran. Hezbollah is an armed group based in Lebanon that is funded financially and militarily by Iran.

Terry Anderson, an American reporter once kidnapped by extremists in Lebanon back in 1985, and kept captive for seven years, died at the age of 76 on Sunday.

Terry Anderson, a US journalist who was held captive by Islamist terrorists for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country's 1975-1990 civil war, died on Sunday at age 76.

Three Hezbollah fighters were killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the group said in a statement.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched a drone and missile attack on an Israeli base on Wednesday in response to strikes that killed three Hezbollah fighters the day before.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that three Hezbollah fighters, including two commanders, were killed in its airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, CNN reported.

Israel launched air strikes on the Bekaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon early on Sunday, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, a few hours after the downing of an Israeli drone over Lebanon.

The head of Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah said on Friday that Israel's strike on Iran's consulate in Damascus this week marked a "turning point" since Oct. 7, when Palestinian

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel will pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike on the country's consulate in Damascus, Syria, the day before.

An air strike in Lebanon "eliminated" a Hezbollah missile unit commander on Sunday, Israel's military said, with Israel and the Iran-backed group exchanging near-daily cross-border fire for months.