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12 March 2026, 22:10

Netanyahu said he has told Lebanon's government that it would be playing with fire if it continued allowing Hezbollah to operate, warning that Israel will act.

12 March 2026, 21:28

Two Israeli airstrikes have targeted Beirut's southern suburbs.

12 March 2026, 20:47

U.S. diplomatic sources to Al-Jadeed: Israel won't engage in negotiations with a delegation that does not have all the cards in its hands to negotiate over.

12 March 2026, 20:31

An Israeli evacuation warning has been issued for a building in Choueifat's al-Amrousiyeh area

12 March 2026, 20:30

Two Israeli security sources to Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation: Hezbollah is mistaken if it believes that it can impose a ceasefire without Israel obtaining freedom of movement in Lebanon.

12 March 2026, 20:29

Two Israeli security sources to Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation: The ground op will be aimed at installing more military points in Lebanon and deepening control in south Lebanon.

12 March 2026, 20:27

Two Israeli security sources to Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation: The intensive ground op in Lebanon is expected to begin within a week.

12 March 2026, 20:26

Two Israeli security sources to Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation: Israel's security cabinet will meet this evening to discuss a ground op in Lebanon.

12 March 2026, 19:12

Adraee said millions of dollars belonging to Hezbollah were stored under the targeted Bashoura building.

12 March 2026, 19:08

Israel Hayom quoting source: The U.S. president wants to end the war in Iran and has given Israel one more week.

12 March 2026, 18:47

A warning strike has targeted the threatened building in Zokak al-Blat.

12 March 2026, 18:44

PM Salam at news conference: There will be no backing down from our position of reclaiming the decision of war and peace and ending the new "support adventure."

12 March 2026, 18:03

Israeli army chief: The war against Hezbollah is an additional main front.

12 March 2026, 18:02

Israeli army chief: The Lebanese government is not imposing its authority and we will do so. The battle in Lebanon will not be short.

12 March 2026, 17:47

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation order for a building in Beirut's Zokak al-Blat.

12 March 2026, 17:32

The Israeli army said it has begun a wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah "across Beirut".

12 March 2026, 17:24

Three strikes have targeted the threatened building in Beirut's Bashoura area.

12 March 2026, 17:22

Two strikes have targeted Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs.

12 March 2026, 17:16

Al-Arabiya: The Lebanese Army has arrested four Hezbollah members and referred them to the Military Court.

12 March 2026, 17:09

An Israeli drone strike on the Lebanese University in Hadath killed the science faculty's director Hussein Bazzi and university professor Mortada Srour.

12 March 2026, 16:24

Hezbollah said it has targeted with a salvo of missiles an air defense system in Ma'alot-Tarshiha.

12 March 2026, 16:24

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation warning for a building in Beirut's Bashoura area.

12 March 2026, 16:23

Turkish Foreign Minister: This war should end as soon as possible. We are talking to the Iranian side, and we are talking to the American side.

12 March 2026, 16:20

Hezbollah said it has targeted with attack drones and salvos of missiles Admit, Shlomi, Even Menachem and Zariit in north Israel.

12 March 2026, 16:16

Trump said stopping Iran from "having nuclear weapons, and destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the world" is more important to him than oil prices.

12 March 2026, 16:07

Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei thanked the "resistance front" and said "the sacrificing Hezbollah" has "assisted the Islamic republic despite all obstacles."

12 March 2026, 15:44

Iran's new supreme leader has called on Gulf states to "shut down" US bases, vowed to avenge "martyrs" and thanked "the resistance front" in Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq.

12 March 2026, 15:34

Hezbollah said it has targeted an Israeli air defense system near Caesarea.

12 March 2026, 15:11

Al-Jadeed: Lebanon is preparing to negotiate, without any official confirmation from Israel, through Cyprus, and it is expecting a response in the coming hours.

12 March 2026, 15:07

FM Rajji summoned Iran's ambassador and tasked the ministry's secretary-general to meet him to inform him of rejection of any interference in Lebanon's affairs.

12 March 2026, 14:57

Al-Jadeed: Speaker Berri has refused that the delegation include a Shiite figure, based on his insistence on the Mechanism committee as a mechanism for negotiations pending a ceasefire.

12 March 2026, 14:51

The Israeli army has urged all residents south of the Zahrani river to evacuate.

12 March 2026, 14:49

Al-Jadeed: The Lebanese team that will be sent to Cyprus to prepare for the possibility of negotiations with Israel comprises Paul Salem, Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Abdel Sattar Issa and a Druze figure who could be Halim Abou Fakhreddine or Shawki Abou Nasr.

12 March 2026, 14:30

The Israeli army has urged the residents of Haret Hreik, Ghobeiri, Laylaki, Hadath, Burj al-Brajneh, Chiyyah and Tahwitat al-Ghadir to evacuate.

12 March 2026, 14:05

The Lebanese government has decided to summon a representative of Iran's embassy to complain over the Revolutionary Guard's announcement that it staged a joint operation with Hezbollah.

12 March 2026, 13:49

The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has risen to 687, including 98 children and 52 women.

12 March 2026, 13:15

Israel said Hezbollah has fired around 200 rockets at Israel last night, in a simultaneous attack with Iran, in "biggest barrage" since the start of the war.

12 March 2026, 13:01

Israeli strikes have targeted Qsarnaba and Douris in east Lebanon.

12 March 2026, 13:00

Israeli strikes have targeted several towns in south Lebanon including Haris, Kafra, Alma al-Shaab-Naqoura, Deir Ntar, Barish, Yater, Qantara, Qaaqaiyyet al-Jesser, Teffahta, Qana, al-Sultanieh, Taybeh, Qabrikha and Kfardounin.

12 March 2026, 12:29

Israel's Defense Minister has ordered the army to expand operations in Lebanon and warned to "take territory" if Lebanon fails to stop Hezbollah's rockets.

12 March 2026, 10:00

An Israeli strike on Ramlet al-Bayda in Beirut has killed at least 7 people and wounded at least 21, while two other strikes targeted an apartment in Aramoun.