Breaking News At least 558 killed in Lebanon and thousands flee as IDF launches .
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Breaking News At least 558 killed in Lebanon and thousands flee as IDF launches .
Israel and Hezbollah are trading waves of strikes a day after Israeli attacks targeting the militant group killed more than 500 people across Lebanon. Monday was the deadliest day in Lebanon in nearly two decades.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the people of Lebanon to leave areas where Israel is targeting Hezbollah. Thousands are fleeing their homes, some after receiving automated calls, text messages and broadcasts urging them to evacuate.
An Israeli official told CNN the security cabinet had agreed to continue to raise the level of military operations every day. The Israeli military has not ruled out the possibility of a ground invasion.
Israel and Hezbollah have launched tit-for-tat strikes since the war in Gaza began. But Israel’s escalated attacks on the group over the past week have again heightened fears of a regional war.
Breaking News At least 558 killed in Lebanon and thousands flee as IDF launches .
6 killed and 15 injured by Israeli strike in Beirut on Tuesday.
At least six people were killed and 15 were injured by an Israeli strike in the area of Ghobeiry in Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to the Lebanon’s health ministry.
The ministry said this was a preliminary update and suggested the number of casualties could still rise.
CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for additional information on the strike in Beirut but it has yet to hear back.
In the past, the IDF has used strikes on the capital Beirut to kill senior Hezbollah figures. This is the fifth Israeli strike in Beirut’s Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs this year.
Breaking News At least 558 killed in Lebanon and thousands flee as IDF launches .
2 UN refugee agency staff members killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Monday, commissioner says.
Two staff members of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) were among the 558 people killed in Lebanon on Monday, the organization’s chief confirmed on Tuesday.
In a post to X, Filippo Grandi took aim at Israeli airstrikes which he said were “relentlessly claiming hundreds of civilian lives.”
“On behalf of all us at UNHCR, heartfelt condolences to their families, friends and colleagues,” he added.
