The strike along the Lebanon-Syria border, about 30 miles east of Beirut, also led to the closure of the road near the busy Masnaa Border Crossing.

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed on Friday to have killed another Hezbollah commander, Mohammad Rashid Sakafi.

IDF said that it has eliminated 2000-plus military targets & 250 Hezbollah terrorists since it began targetted & demarcated ground operations

An Israeli precision strike in Beirut has resulted in the death of Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, the Commander of Hezbollah's communications unit. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) confirmed the operation, sharing the details in a post on "X".

Israel launches airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, causing destruction and displacement, escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group. The overnight blasts in Beirut's southern suburbs sent huge plumes of smoke and flames…

The new wave of strikes come after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military said Friday that a strike in Beirut the day before killed Mohammed Rashid Skafi, the head of Hezbollah’s communications division.

Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon have been forced to close amid Israel's air strikes, a UN agency said on X on Friday. The news came after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a rare…

An Israeli strike near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria has cut off a road used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days, Lebanon Transport Minister Ali Hamieh says.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it has eliminated 2000-plus military targets and 250 Hezbollah terrorists since it began targetted and demarcated ground operations in southern...

An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the Lebanese capital killed nine people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of Beirut.There was no warning before the strike late Wednesday, which hit the building close to the United Nations headquarters, the prime minister’s office and parliament. Hezbollah’s civil defense unit said seven of its members were killed. Israel is also conducting a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah, while also conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. The Israeli military said nine soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage. Israel declared war on the militant group in the Gaza…

Hundreds of Lebanese Christians in southern Lebanon have had to flee their homes following Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.

The IDF continued advancing against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon on Thursday and Friday, uprooting outposts and hitting terrorist leaders.

An Israeli airstrike has cut off a main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the road. The airstrike Friday rendered the road unusable for cars, leaving people to go on foot to the Masnaa Border Crossing where tens of thousands of people fleeing war in Lebanon have crossed into Syria in the past two weeks.Israel began a ground incursion into Lebanon on Tuesday against the Hezbollah militant group, while continuing strikes in Gaza. The Israeli military said nine soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage. Israel declared war on the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip in response. More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory, and just over half the dead have been women and children, according to local health officials. Nearly 2,000 people have…

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel is engaged in armed conflicts with Hezbollah and Iran. Israeli rockets have been raining down on Lebanon, with southern Beirut engulfed in violence.