By Laila Bassam BEIRUT, March 5 (Reuters) - Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to confront Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, sending them back into the border region from which they withdrew after a war in 2024,

After meeting with the chief of staff of the French military in ⁠Beirut, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun asked Macron to intervene to "prevent ⁠the targeting of the southern suburbs following threats by the Israeli army against its residents," the Lebanese presidency said in a separate statement.

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.

Tens of thousands have fled their homes in Lebanon’s south as Israel issues forced evacuation order for entire area.

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,

Iran fired missiles toward Israel Friday, Israeli officials say, after Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and hit Beirut's southern suburbs overnight.

Beirut streets were congested as families sought safety following the Israeli military’s evacuation order, as IDF strikes target Hezbollah. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian spoke with residents attempting to flee,