The fighting came after US President Donald Trump declared Monday that he had brokered a deal which the Lebanese embassy in Washington said would at first only cover Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory, before expanding in scope.

As Israel and Lebanon hold a fourth round of US-mediated talks in Washington, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Hezbollah remains the key obstacle to a peace deal, amid escalating cr

As concerns mount that Israel’s parallel war with Lebanon could jeopardize progress in U.S.-Iran peace deal talks, here’s what to know about the conflict, its key players, and the steeped history behind the clashes.

Unable to defeat Iran, Israel shifts its focus to Lebanon, fearing U.S. negotiations with Tehran could limit operations against Hezbollah.

By Maya Gebeily and Steven Scheer BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) - Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pressing its campaign against Hezbollah a day after U.S. President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation in the three-month-old war.

Lebanon reportedly filed a precedent-setting UN complaint against Iran amid U.S.-facilitated Israel-Lebanon normalization talks in Washington, D.C.

The fighting presents a major obstacle to the emerging deal to extend the ceasefire in the Iran war.

US President Donald Trump had announced an agreement to halt attacks, but neither side has publicly accepted it.

An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devolved into a kind of impasse, with Hezbollah looking more capable than it did when the war began.