US EditionHezbollah Joined the Iran War. Israel’s Response Carries Risks.
Israel has ordered about 1 million Lebanese to evacuate as ground troops and airstrikes target Hezbollah, which continues launching rockets and drones in retaliation.
- On Thursday, Israel intensified its campaign in Lebanon with near-daily airstrikes and deeper ground moves against Hezbollah, issuing evacuation notices to about 1 million residents as imagery showed a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 5, 2026.
- Following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, proxy retaliations accelerated as Hezbollah resumed strikes and Tehran targeted U.S. and regional bases, signaling no willingness to negotiate.
- On Tuesday, IDF crossed the border and seized positions while warnings told residents to open windows, as Hezbollah’s infrastructure was targeted.
- More than ninety thousand displaced Lebanese face forced evacuations in Bekaa Valley towns, while Lebanon’s government banned Hezbollah’s military activities amid regional strikes on U.S. embassies and disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz.
- U.S. diplomatic mediation channels continue amid risks the campaign to weaken Hezbollah may derail ties with Lebanon’s government and draw in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Hussein expresses himself with caution. He is surrounded by a crowd who enter and leave the building, an educational center on the outskirts of Beirut that these days serves as a refuge. Like him, many of the 1,000 families who spend the hours on a mat in the inhospitable corridors are sympathizers of Hezbollah. To doubt the shots the pro-Iranian group started on Monday, propitiating the brutal Israeli offensive that forced them to leave their h…
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