Israel strikes Beirut; military warns of Gaza-level destruction
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View on mapIsrael to widen invasion of southern Lebanon as death toll tops 1,200
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced that Israel will widen its invasion of southern Lebanon. Netanyahu said Israel would expand what he...
GDELTMarch 29, 2026 at 06:03 PM UTCNetanyahu to widen invasion of Lebanon - saying Hezbollah can 'still fire rockets at us'
Israel has sent troops into the south of Lebanon as it seeks to destroy the Iranian-backed terror group, who dragged the country into the war by sending a barrage of missiles at Israel.
GDELTMarch 29, 2026 at 06:03 PM UTCNetanyahu says Israel will widen its invasion of southern Lebanon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that Israel will widen its invasion of southern Lebanon. Netanyahu said Israel would expand what he called the “existing security strip” in Lebanon as Israeli forces continue to target the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. “We are determined to fundamentally change the situation in the north,” he said on a visit to northern Israel, adding that “Hezbollah still has residual capability to fire rockets at us”. There were no immediate...
SCMP WorldMarch 29, 2026 at 05:59 PM UTCIsraeli PM says ordered military to ‘further expand’ security zone in Lebanon
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a visit to the northern command, said that Hezbollah still retained "residual capabilities" to fire rockets at Israel, but the group had been severely hit by Israeli forces.
The Hindu InternationalMarch 29, 2026 at 04:58 PM UTCIsraeli PM says ordered military to 'further expand' security zone in Lebanon
Netanyahu said that Hezbollah still retained "residual capabilities" to fire rockets at Israel, but the group had been severely hit by Israeli forces.
CNA LatestMarch 29, 2026 at 04:44 PM UTCIsrael strikes towns, villages across southern Lebanon
The Hindu InternationalMarch 28, 2026 at 04:35 PM UTCIsraeli forces intensify attacks on Beirut
Israeli forces launched renewed attacks in southern Beirut, as the UN warns of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.
Al JazeeraMarch 28, 2026 at 03:45 PM UTCBeirut 'holding its breath' as Israel launches strikes across Lebanon
Beirut is a city "holding its breath" as Israel continues its assault on Lebanon, FRANCE 24's Oliva Bizot said, adding that the capital has now become a giant "car park" with displaced people living out of their vehicles, not knowing where to go.
France 24 WorldMarch 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTCIsrael’s unending attacks in Lebanon push country’s population to the brink
Four weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, many in Lebanon are suffering under yet another Israeli aggression.
Al JazeeraMarch 28, 2026 at 04:59 AM UTCWar in Lebanon 'was imposed upon us', PM Nawaf Salam says
In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. "This war was imposed upon us," the Lebanese leader said, adding that Lebanon "could have avoided it" had Hezbollah not fired rockets in retaliation for the US-Israeli assassination of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
France 24 WorldMarch 27, 2026 at 07:41 PM UTC