The militant group’s attacks, apparently at the behest of Iran, led to retaliation from Israel and were “practically a suicide mission” for Hezbollah, an analyst said.

Israel began bombarding Beirut's southern suburbs and dozens of villages in south Lebanon, vowing to make the group pay a "heavy price".

The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is urging Americans to leave the country, as fighting breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. In a Monday advisory, the

The IDF says it eliminated Abu Hamza Rami, a key commander of the Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, in overnight airstrikes.

“When war crimes and other grave abuses take place with complete impunity, they are likely to happen again, with civilians paying the price,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Allied countries need to put pressure on Israel and Hezbollah to abide by the laws of war and minimize civilian harm.”

The Israeli Defence Force targeted Beirut with retaliatory strikes early on Monday, March 2, after Hezbollah launched what it said was a rocket and drone attack against a military base near Haifa in

The US Embassy in Beirut said it will remain closed on Tuesday amid regional escalation following a US-Israeli attack on Iran. In a post on US social media company X, the embassy said it will stay closed on March 3.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese flee homes in eerily familiar scenes as Israeli strikes leave 52 people dead