The escalation of hostilities between the two sides began on Monday, when Hezbollah fired a volley of rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran had long backed Hezbollah along with other proxy militias it cultivated to project power throughout the region.

In the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, Hezbollah opened a new front in the US-Israeli war against Iran when it launched “missiles and a swarm of drones” at a military base in northern Israel.

Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.

The Iran-backed Lebanese militia attacks its powerful opponent with rockets and drones, widening the front in the regional conflict.

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Katz order the Israeli army to start incursion into Lebanon.

Israel had warned Hezbollah not to get involved; however, rockets were fired at Jerusalem overnight between Sunday and Monday. The Lebanese government is angry that Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into

Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states and Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and warnings of more U.