Israel said it deployed more forces in Lebanon to protect its people, but its military chief said the goal is more ambitious: to disarm Hezbollah. Israel made plans for the incursion well in advance.

March 3 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said early on Tuesday that it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah command centers and weapons storage facilities in Beirut. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab;

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran , and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire.

The war in the Middle East has intensified Monday with attacks from Iran and Iranian-backed militias hitting Israel and Arab states.

Israeli strikes hit the building that hosts the body of religious experts whose primary role is to select Iran’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. The offices of the Assembly of Experts,

BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - ⁠Israel ⁠has flown ⁠its official government aircraft to ​Germany and parked it for ‌safety at Berlin's ‌airport, German government ⁠sources ⁠said, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed ​Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the region ​into conflict.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli airstrikes with U.S. support on Saturday. "Operation Epic Fury" will be "massive and ongoing," President Trump said.

Fox's Trey Yingst reported an Israeli military strike hit where Iranian leaders were meeting to select the country's successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei