President Joe Biden is set to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking their first conversation since August, as Israel intensifies its military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and weighs responses to Iran's recent ballistic missile attack. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the call is expected to focus on how Israel plans to handle the growing threat from Iran-backed forces in the region, potentially widening the ongoing conflict beyond Gaza.

Lebanese nationals residing in the United States will be granted a form of humanitarian relief, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday, citing ongoing armed conflict and conditions in Lebanon.

Biden administration grants Temporary Protected Status to 11,000 Lebanese nationals in the U.S., allowing legal stay and work for 18 months.

Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon may have come after months of trading fire with its longtime Lebanese enemy Hezbollah, but the conflict between the two countries goes back decades — before Hezbollah even existed. At the center of the hostilities between the two countries is the issue of...

Four soldiers from the Lebanese army have died in the conflict between the Hezbollah militia and Israel, and a further 12 Lebanese soldiers have been killed while not on duty, army sources told dpa. Two soldiers were recently killed by Israeli fire while on duty at a military post in Kafra in the south of the country, the Lebanese army said. Lebanon's military is seen as weak and under-resourced. It is not directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, and has partially withdrawn from positions along the country's southern border with Israel since the Israeli ground offensive began two weeks ago. The army did, however, return fire when one of its bases in Bint Jbeil in the south came under Israeli attack.

Tensions are reaching a boiling point between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Rocket fire pounded northern Israel Friday while Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon, including a rare strike on the Beirut suburbs. A Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel shares his concerns for a broader regional conflict. The crisis will be one of many complex global issues world leaders will confront next week at the UN General Assembly. And what does Israel’s expanding military operation mean for any sort of ceasefire deal and the fate of the hostages still being held in Gaza? We’ll speak with a member of the Hostages Family Forum.

Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe. Middle East on precipice of regional war following epochal week. Events over the past week in the Middle East have been nothing short of seismic. On 27 September, Israel killed the long-time leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in a massive aerial attack on the group’s central command bunker in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The assassination followed a series of serious blows to Hezbollah, including Israeli sabotage attacks and bombings targeting the group’s senior leadership and military capabilities. Then, on 1 October, the Israeli military launched what it called a “limited, localised” ground invasion of southern Lebanon. That same night, Iran launched a barrage of more than 180 missiles at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Nasrallah and the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran’s capital Tehran in July. Israeli officials have said they are planning a significant attack on Iran in response. With that, the long-simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel along the Lebanon-Israel border appears to be spiralling into the all-out regional war many have feared. Israel has continued to pound Lebanon from the air, damaging over 3,100 buildings in the past two weeks. Israel’s attacks have also displaced over one million people, with more than 100,000 fleeing across the border to Syria. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed, already surpassing the death toll of the last war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. Among the dead are a growing number of healthcare workers, including at least 28 on-duty medics killed by Israeli strikes over a 24-hour period between 2 and 3 October.

(JTA) — Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border. What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, after a year of bloodshed, will cross the tipping point into...

Tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate as Israel ramps up its assault on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Beginning with a major bombardment on 23 September, Lebanon has now experienced its deadliest attack since the end of the 1975 - 1990 Civil War, with over 90,000 civilians displaced from their homes.