Netanyahu orders strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, clouding Iran mediation

On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

After more than a year of largely holding its fire, despite Israeli strikes from across the border, Hezbollah re-emerged as a major combatant.

Both Israel and Hezbollah have accused the other of violating the nominal ceasefire brokered by the United States, which officially began on 17 April.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon after his military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort on Sunday, calling it a "dramatic shift" in the campaign against Hezbollah.