As Lebanon on Monday (June 1) was announcing a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, international leaders found blame for both parties during a United Nations Security Council meeting. The new deal would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has killed thousands of people and inflamed the broader war with Iran. According to Lebanon's embassy in Washington, the agreement, which would not end the conflict in that country, calls for Israel to refrain from strikes on Beirut and its suburbs controlled by Hezbollah, while the Iran-aligned group would halt its attacks on Israel.

Israel said Monday it would once again target Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold mostly spared heavy attacks since April, as it stages its deepest incursion into…

Israel on Monday said it would resume strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs ahead of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting to discuss the attack on Lebanon.