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.

By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 13 (Reuters) - Over an eighth of Lebanon's territory is under Israeli orders for people to leave their homes, an aid group said on Friday, while the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Israeli ground troops were making incursions and erecting roadblocks.

Authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born naturalized US citizen from Dearborn Heights, rammed a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township before being shot and killed by security.

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials say was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.

When Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, it granted Israel the opening it was waiting for. It’s now seeking to end Hezbollah’s ability to rain rockets down on Israeli communities for good.

The BBC visited the city of Nabatieh, witnessing the pace and scale of Israel's bombing as its war with Hezbollah continues to escalate.

Hezbollah fired 200 missiles and drones into Israel in what Israeli media called an integrated attack with Iran, prompting fierce Israeli Defense Forces strikes.

Israeli strikes targeted an ​apartment building in central Beirut ‌on Wednesday, Lebanese state media said, marking the second strike in ​the city in recent ​days.