As Israeli strikes rained down, the number of people registered as displaced rose by 100,000 on Monday and Tuesday, according to figures released by the government.

It was about 01:30 in the morning when a loud explosion tore through the Raouche neighbourhood in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut.The Israeli strike on the four-star Ramada Plaza hotel marked the first time in this war that Israel's bombing campaign had struck the city centre - a bustling coastal area full of restaurants and hotels.

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group.

By Abdelaziz Boumzar, Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) - Israel pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Friday, stepping up a war with Hezbollah that has forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese from their homes and killed more than 200,

Helou describes her country as half the size of New Jersey. As she traveled, she was surprised by some of the influences she found. “In the south,” she writes, “I discovered dishes that were closer to those of Palestine than those of Mount Lebanon.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday accused Hezbollah of working to "collapse" the state and expressed Beirut's readiness for "direct negotiations" with Israel, drawing the backing of his

The security source said they were being flown to Russia on a Russian plane, and that another 20 Iranians had left on Friday following the start of a new war between Hezbollah and Israel.

IDF strikes a Beirut hotel, targeting IRGC Quds Force commanders linked to Hezbollah and Iran. Lebanese reports say four killed and ten wounded in the precise strike.