The Lebanese parliament has extended its term by two years due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has pushed the region into an escalating conflict, and Israel stepped up its attacks on Lebanon.

Lebanese authorities say dozens of people were killed when Israeli commandos raided a border region hunting for the remains of a long-missing Israeli airman, Ron Arad.

Dozens were killed in the Bekaa Valley overnight, the Lebanese health authorities said, amid airstrikes and intense violence in the town of Nabi Sheet.

Israel carried out a commando raid in eastern Lebanon to search for clues about a navigator who went missing 40 years ago.

The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

The human rights group Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday that the Israeli military “unlawfully” hit a village in southern Lebanon with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition.

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

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