The Lebanese government has declared Hezbollah's "military activities" illegal, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday. The Cabinet decided to "outlaw all of Hezbollah's security and military

As Israel intensifies its campaign against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia, Lebanon is now teetering on the brink of being fully sucked into the escalating US and Israeli war on Iran – a fate the fragile Lebanese government has been desperate to avoid.

The United States condemns the attacks that Hezbollah, a long-time proxy of the Iranian regime, has launched against Israel,” said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz.

After terror group's huge rocket assault on Wednesday night, officials say Israel wants to seize entire area south of Litani River; Ron Dermer said tasked with talks with Beirut The post ‘Like Gaza’: Israel said planning ‘massive’ south Lebanon ground invasion to uproot Hezbollah appeared first on The Times of Israel.

As Hezbollah enters a new round of fighting with Israel just 15 months after the last Israel-Hezbollah war ended with a November 2024 U.S.-brokered ceasefire, the Iran-backed militant group and political party is facing increasing grassroots discontent within its base and problems with the Lebanese authorities.

Israel’s devastating assault on Lebanon rages on, killing more than 25 people in the capital Beirut and in southern and eastern Lebanon, a punishing front in the wider war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran.

The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.

Israel is planning a major ground operation in south Lebanon to dismantle Hezbollah positions south of the Litani River.