Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.

The Israeli military said troops advanced to protect border towns from Hezbollah attacks, spurring fears that the government is weighing a wider ground war.

Iran exchanges strikes with Israel. Three Americans killed are the first reported U.S. casualties. The death toll in a strike on an Iranian girls' school rose to 165.

Israel again attacked the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon while Iran struck Gulf states that host U.S. bases. The conflict paralysed globally vital energy shipments along with hundreds of flight routes.

Israel and the US escalated their military campaign against Iran, pounding Iranian military and strategic infrastructure in a broad aerial offensive that US President Donald Trump said could last several weeks.

Israel will step up its attacks on Hezbollah and Iran, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Palmachim Airbase with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

The Israeli military said it had seized areas of southern Lebanon on Tuesday in an escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, as the State Department closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after drone attacks and urged Americans to depart immediately from 14 Middle East countries.

Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated