More than 60 people were also wounded in the attack, of whom 15 remain hospitalized. Search and rescue are ongoing and the number of casualties will likely rise.

After Israel turned Hezbollah’s communications system against it with deadly force, officials and experts wonder if a bigger war is coming.

Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s communication devices raised expectations of a decisive shift in their war of attrition. Instead, the fighting has returned to a standoff.

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded norther

Israel’s government is in turmoil and the United States is trying to head off a wider conflict in Lebanon, leaving officials to wonder about the timing of the attack.

Hezbollah confirms two of its senior commanders have been killed in an Israeli strike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its forces "conducted a targeted strike in Beirut".