The clashes come as Israeli troops are pushing farther north, just days before Lebanese and Israeli delegations are to meet for talks in Washington.

The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as two far-right Israeli ministers called for escalation including attacks on Lebanese capital Beirut.

The intensified airstrikes come hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to uproot Hezbollah from Lebanon.

Hezbollah and Israel launch attacks amid increasingly imperilled ceasefire and stalling talks between US and Iran

Israel's military is clashing with the Hezbollah militant group along a strategic river in Lebanon

Clashes between the Israeli military and Lebanon's Iranian-backed group Hezbollah flared Tuesday along a strategic river in Lebanon as Israeli troops...

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, has also kept up rocket and drone attacks on Israeli troops, as the escalations threaten to complicate diplomatic efforts.

The clashes come as Israeli troops are pushing farther north, just days before Lebanese and Israeli delegations are to meet for talks in Washington.

Israeli PM Netanyahu said in a statement earlier that the Israeli military is “operating with large forces in the field and seizing strategic areas.” | World News

The bombing raids further strain a ceasefire that is meant to halt fighting between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, and comes as Iran says the US has violated a…

Israeli troops have pushed farther north past a strategic boundary, triggering heavy fighting despite the month-old nominal ceasefire.

Israel’s military said it struck more than 100 Hezbollah sites across southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley area overnight, adding that it targeted storage facilities,…