Confrontation escalates as Naim Qassem says militant group has entered new phase of conflict following overnight rocket attack on Israel.   18:28Lorenzo Tondo Seven people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a school housing displaced people in western Gaza City,

Israel launched one of its most intense bombardments against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon this year Thursday, hours after the militant group’s leader condemned deadly twin attacks that he said crossed “all the red lines.

Israel killed at least two Hezbollah commanders and other members of the group in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 20.

Hezbollah said overnight that those killed in the deadliest strike in a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel included 16 of its members, and that senior leader Ibrahim Aq