Israel has killed at least four people in new attacks on southern Lebanon, local media reports. This comes after Israel was attacked overnight with projectiles from Lebanese Hezbollah - shortly after the US president claimed that both sides had promised to 'cease fire.'
World politicsThe Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for Beirut's southern suburbs. Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities say a hospital in southern Lebanon has been partially destroyed in an Israeli strike.
WorldGerman minister Reem Alabali Radovan was on her way to Lebanon when the plane turned around.
World politicsIran has decided to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and stop all communication with the United States, the state-run Iranian news agency Tasnim reports. According to U.S. President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are continuing.
WorldIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops have crossed the Litani River, which had previously been the informal border for Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The offensive comes as talks between Lebanon and Israel take place in the United States on Friday.
WorldIsrael carried out a new attack on the Beirut area on Thursday - the first against the Lebanese capital since May 6. At the same time, Israel's military announced that an estimated total of 2,500 Hezbollah members have been killed since military operations were escalated in Lebanon in early March.
WorldBenjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli military to “accelerate its operations” in Lebanon with the goal of “crushing” Hezbollah, Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media.
ConflictsSeven people, including Wael Abdel Halim, a leader of the terrorist-designated Palestinian Islamic Jihad, were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese state media reported.
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