Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.

Strikes hit residential areas in Iran early Wednesday during a wave of Israeli attacks, while Tehran launched what it called its “most intense” operation of the war, targeting Israel and Gulf nations.

Israel began heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut after the Lebanese militia launched dozens of rockets at Israel, according to an Israeli military official. The off

President Aoun outlines a path towards "permanent security and stability", as Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah continue.

The strikes appear to be the most significant attack on Iran's civilian infrastructure of the war to date.

Iranian authorities said they were free to target banks and economic centers linked to the U.S. and Israel across the Middle East, after what Iranian state media said was an attack on a bank in Tehran overnight.

Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a ​diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries ‌over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Social media posts say Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is dead, but Ben-Gvir’s social media and Israeli government reports say otherwise. In a video, Ben-Gvir says he is alive.

The West Asia war entered its second week with escalating strikes, Iran mocking the US attack, and continued exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah.