The Israeli army said on Saturday that it had eliminated the head of the Palestinian Hamas’s network in southern Syria, whom it referred to as Ahmad Muhammad Fahd, overnight on Friday.

An Israeli strike hit the Lebanese mountain town of Bhamdoun, southeast of Beirut, early on Saturday, Lebanese lawmaker for the area Mark Daou told Reuters. He said the extent of damage was not immediately clear.

Lebanon’s health ministry said Saturday that hospitals in Beirut’s southern suburbs would be evacuated after heavy Israeli strikes in the area, urging hospitals in unaffected areas to stop admitting non-urgent cases. A ministry statement called on hospitals unaffected by Israeli strikes to...

Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi just concluded a meeting to “asses the situation” after a major attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, calling the area the home of Hezbollah’s “command centre”. Halevi said the army is “highly prepared to both attack and defend”, according to...