Lebanon’s Hezbollah, allied with Hamas, began firing rockets into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, drawing retaliatory airstrikes. The conflict dramatically escalated in September with Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and most of his senior commanders. Israel launched a ground operation earlier this month.

Israeli airstrikes hit an apartment building in the Lebanese village of Aito, as well as a camp in a Gaza hospital courtyard that went up in flames, burning people alive.

Five people were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Strikes targeted the municipality building, the ministry added. Lebanon's official news agency reported that Israel had carried out a series of airstrikes on Nabatiyeh and surrounding areas,

The UN security council has maintained support for its troops in southern Lebanon, while fierce fighting continues across Gaza

The European Union condemned attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and rejected Israeli allegations that the U.N. was keeping them there to obstruct military operations against Hezbollah

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the UN peacekeepers to relocate as airstrikes in southern Lebanon intensify