Israel's military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of seven villages in southern Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had pushed deeper into the country.

Israeli troops have entered a southern Lebanese village, pushing deeper into the country amid ongoing conflict.

Pentagon hosted military delegations from Israel and Lebanon for talks, during which Israel refused to withdraw from southern Lebanon as demanded by Lebanese delegates, according to Israeli media reports.

Findings show Israel holds 1,000sq km of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria under direct military rule.

Israeli forces have attacked the Qasmiyeh Bridge, a key crossing linking Lebanon’s south to the rest of the country, in an escalation that President Joseph Aoun called a “prelude to ground invasion”. Sunday’s strike on the vital artery and other ...

More than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes amid bombings, evacuation orders and demolitions

The Israeli military on Wednesday told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there, saying