Further, the military said it had killed dozens of terrorists operating in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.

The Israel Defense Forces need "a few more weeks" to fully degrade Iranian military capabilities, such as missile-launchers, a senior Israeli security official told ABC News. The Israeli security official poured cold water on the idea that a substantive deal between the United States and Iran could be reached within President Donald Trump's earlier deadline of this weekend.

From the border communities of northern Israel, the rooftops of Lebanese villages are visible in an area the Israeli government now holds as a “security buffer zone.” And for more than 60,000 Israelis living in the frontier towns,

Early in the conflict, Israel targeted senior leadership figures, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, in an effort to disrupt command structures

A Connecticut-born soldier in the Israel Defense Forces was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, according to a post from Israel Defense Forces and others on Sunday. Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz,

The Israeli military said the forces had "perceived an immediate threat to their safety and responded with gunfire."

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released a "photoshopped" image of a journalist wearing military clothes after killing him in an airstrike last week.

IDF Chief Eyal Zamir urged immediate legislative action, including a conscription law, to address the critical lack of 12,000 troops and maintain operational readiness.