Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced.

Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon after Israel’s bombing campaign against Hezbollah, the United Nations has said.

As Hezbollah enters a new round of fighting with Israel just 15 months after the last Israel-Hezbollah war ended with a November 2024 U.S.-brokered ceasefire, the Iran-backed militant group and political party is facing increasing grassroots discontent within its base and problems with the Lebanese authorities.

A humanitarian crisis is looming in Lebanon where more than 750,000 people have been displaced in the 12 days since the U.S. and Israel began their war with Iran and its proxies in the Middle East, figures released by the Lebanese government show.

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on infrastructure and sites it says belong to Hezbollah, while the group responded by launching long-range missiles targeting Israeli military positions.

Mass evacuation orders and an intensifying Israeli bombing campaign targeting the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah have caused a humanitarian crisis, aid groups warn.

Lebanon’s government just did something that would have been unthinkable a year ago. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s Cabinet imposed a blanket ban on Hezbollah’s military and security activities last week, ordering the Lebanese Armed Forces to stop ...

Helou describes her country as half the size of New Jersey. As she traveled, she was surprised by some of the influences she found. “In the south,” she writes, “I discovered dishes that were closer to those of Palestine than those of Mount Lebanon.

Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese president, called for direct talks with Israel to end the fighting. He also leveled blame at Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group, for igniting the war.