Israel sends more troops into southern Lebanon as ground invasion expands
Lebanon’s PM warns Israeli actions and statements threaten Lebanese sovereignty and violate international law.

Lebanon’s PM warns Israeli actions and statements threaten Lebanese sovereignty and violate international law.







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Smoke was seen rising close to Roman ruins in the Lebanese city of Tyre after an Israeli strike hit a building nearby.
Lebanon’s prime minister said the IRGC is commanding Hezbollah and analysts agree the Iranian group is calling the shots

An Al Jazeera journalist’s report was disrupted by an Israeli missile striking a waterfront building in Lebanon’s Tyre.

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for the effective annexation of southern Lebanon.

Video shows Israeli forces blowing up a mosque’s minaret in Khiam in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli attack has hit a petrol station in southern Lebanon, near the Rashidieh Camp for Palestinian refugees.
France’s president Emmanuel Macron said Lebanon’s fight against threats to its security is ‘just’.
Israel’s far-right finance minister says Litani River must be ‘the new Israeli border’, as attacks on Lebanon ramp up.

Shortly after a news conference, Israel’s president was forced to take cover as a missile struck nearby.

Lebanon fears that Israel’s attack on Qasmiyeh Bridge could be a “prelude to a ground invasion”.