An Israeli strike has hit a Hezbollah-run health center in southern Lebanon and killed 12 medical workers, as Israel widens its campaign beyond fighters.

Israeli and Hezbollah forces clashed in a close combat gun battle in southern Lebanon over the weekend. The four-hour battle was fought with light and medium machine guns in the streets of the border town Khiam, Asharq Al-Awsat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, reported.

Israel said on Monday its own forces had misfired artillery that killed an Israeli farmer near the ‌Lebanese frontier, the first Israeli civilian killed in a border conflict being waged in parallel with the war in Iran.

Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, Israel's finance minister said.

"We will be there to cooperate, to collaborate, to build a new Middle East," Israeli Consul General Ofir Akunis told Newsweek.

In Lebanon, Iran ally Hezbollah has plunged into a battle with Israel that its rank and file has embraced as existential. Yet the regional conflict involves far larger powers with much higher stakes,

The militant group’s attacks on Israel have sparked anger even among its most loyal Shiite supporters in Lebanon, weakening its clout as the war widens.

Israel said on Monday its own forces had misfired artillery that killed an Israeli farmer near the Lebanese frontier, the first Israeli civilian killed in a border

After returning home from prolonged evacuations, communities along Israel’s northern border face renewed attacks, limited protection, and growing psychological strain as the war continues. Moshe