Baalbek, in northeastern Lebanon, has increasingly come under attack as the Israeli military expands its campaign against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Dozens of people have been killed and most of the city’s population has fled.

American businessman and aide to president-elect Donald Trump, said he would take over the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah to end the war in Lebanon.

Hezbollah and Israel have been at war since late September, when Israel broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to securing its northern border. Hezbollah began low intensity strikes on Israel last year,

Rescue operations were underway after an Israeli airstrike on the village of Almat, Lebanon, north of Beirut, killed at least 23 people and wounded several others, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon over the last day have killed at least 40 people including several children, Lebanese authorities said on Saturday, after heavy Israeli bombardment pounded the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut overnight.

A total of 38 people were killed on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes in different areas of Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported. The highest toll happened in the town of the Aalamat in Jbeil,

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed at least 40 people, including children, amid ongoing conflict with Hezbollah.

At least 40 people, including several children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to officials.