Lebanon: In a shocking piece of news, Lebanon claimed that death toll in Israel strikes reached as many as 558 on Tuesday. Further at least 558 people

Hezbollah says it has launched volleys of missiles at Israeli military bases

Lebanon attacks Israel: The ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict has triggered fears of an all-out war in the region since the Gaza conflict erupted on October 7 last year as several countries called for restraint.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the situation in Lebanon was critical

Short of a ground offensive into Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah are already engaged in a war that both appeared to try to avoid earlier, experts say. Israel has ramped up its strikes against Hezbollah in recent weeks, a strategy that is considered “very risky” by experts.

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Lebanese health authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah militants to 564. Palestinian officials in Gaza, meanwhile, said new Israeli strikes killed at least two dozen people. Israel’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with Israel. Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire since the Israel-Hamas war began. On Monday, Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing nearly 500 people and wounding more than 1,600 others.Thousands of people fled southern Lebanon, jamming the main highway to Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. It's a staggering toll for a country still reeling from a deadly attack on communication devices the week before. Lebanon blamed the attacks on Israel, but Israel did not confirm or deny its responsibility.Hezbollah again launched some 100 projectiles toward Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli military said.___Here’s…

While the situation has been escalating in the Gaza war, all eyes have been on Iran, waiting to see how it responds.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s is “gravely alarmed” at the attacks on Lebanon.

At least 558 people have been killed and more than 1,835 injured after Israel launched a series of deadly strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Escalating hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group are the latest episode in decades of conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Guterres cautions against ‘possibility of transforming Lebanon (into) another Gaza’