The intensification comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an expansion in the Israeli military's attacks in Lebanon, despite an ongoing ceasefire. Israel's military says its air force carried out an air strike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday»»»

The Israeli military said on Thursday that a soldier was killed the day before by a Hezbollah drone near the Lebanon border, taking to 24 the number of its troops killed in the war with the Iran-backed group. A military statement named her as 20-year-old Sergeant Rotem Yanai, who "fell during opera»»»

Rescue workers, residents and journalists gather amid the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Charnay, Lebanon, Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap) BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations ther»»»

Report by Amal Shehadeh, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi A tense and heated meeting of Israel's security cabinet reportedly descended into shouting as officials debated expanding military operations in Lebanon, amid growing concern over regional escalation and ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations. »»»