BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun issued an urgent plea for the international community to “intervene firmly” and stop the relentless aggression against his country after a deadly Israeli airstrike on a densely populated southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 28.

The Israeli military killed dozens of people in Gaza and Lebanon over the weekend, continuing its rampage throughout the Middle East under the cover of “ceasefires” in both Gaza and Lebanon.

Israel kills top Hezbollah commander only two days after Lebanon's president said he was open to negotiations.

The ceasefire is broadly holding in Gaza, with Israeli forces inside the strip having pulled back to the so-called "yellow line." Still, renewed Israeli strikes killed dozens of Palestinians last week in response to what Israel alleged was a ceasefire violation by a Hamas gunman.

HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese voted Sunday in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah. The first round of voting, which is taking place by region ...

Preliminary reports indicate that an airstrike has targeted the Haret Hreik area on Sunday. Details on casualties or damage remain unclear as information continues to emerge.