Israel has said it will seize a chunk of southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone" against Hezbollah militants, stoking fears among Lebanese of Israeli military occupation that could deepen instability and stoke further displacement.

Hundreds of mourners turned out in the pouring rain in Beirut for the funerals of three journalists killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.

Bridges blown up.

Whatever choices Hassan Kareet had left were all bad.

The Israeli military has deepened its invasion of Lebanon, pouring more troops into the south of the country and repeating its demands that civilians flee dozens of kilometres away from Israel’s border.

The Associated Press is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion. Israel has moved thousands of troops across the border into Lebanon, and Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have been fighting on the ground for at least three weeks.

Displaced Lebanese families ‘living in constant fear’ under Israeli bombardment, warns UN Refugee Agency official.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has declared Iran’s ambassador to Beirut persona non grata, ordering him to leave the country by the end of the week.

A Connecticut father says his 22-year-old son was killed amid the tensions in the Middle East.Mendy Katz posted on social media that his son, Moshe Yitzchak, a sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) "fell in battle in Lebanon.