An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a dozen medical staff at a clinic, Lebanese health authorities said Saturday, after Iran-backed Hezbollah’s leader said his group was ready for a long confrontation with Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said Lebanon was ready to engage in "direct talks" with Israel and offered to host negotiations in Paris. This came on the heels of a visit to Beirut by

On Friday, two loud booms echoed in Beirut before Israeli leaflets started raining down on residents, spreading captions that evoke Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza and urge Lebanese residents to share information with Israeli intelligence.

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.

“They're sleeping on the street without anything,” Aline Kamakian from World Central Kitchen told Newsweek.

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed four Palestinians, including two 17-year-olds, in two separate ‌attacks, Palestinian medics said on Friday, with violence continuing in the West Bank and Gaza even as Israel expands its offensive across the region.

Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, shows how Israeli airstrikes have affected Lebanon and its capital. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled areas around Beirut and in a huge swath of southern Lebanon after Israel issued evacuation warnings in its conflict with Hezbollah.

The FBI described the attack on one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues as an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.

The Middle East conflict escalated sharply on Day 13 of the US–Israel–Iran war. Airstrikes, military operations, and drone attacks are spreading across Israel, Lebanon, and Iran, displacing civilians and raising tensions.