Armed Conflict

The Pentagon is bolstering Israel's air defences with a THAAD system to specifically target Iran's ballistic missile attacks, and 100 US troops to operate it.

The few people remaining in Lebanon's south make the same dire prediction about Israel's bombardment and ground offensive against the militant group Hezbollah.

Lebanese firefighters and paramedics claim they have been fired upon, or warned by the Israeli military not to rescue people or put out fires caused by bombing.

About 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes by Israel's bombardment and invasion, the Lebanese government says. They fill the public spaces around Beirut – footpaths, squares, churchyards and schools.

As the one-year anniversary of Hamas's devastating terror attack on Israel arrives, members of Australia's Jewish community are coming together to commemorate and remember those killed.

Plan International's landmark State of the World's Girls report finds that in conflict zones across the world, young people share common experiences of loss, fear and destruction.

Experts say Iran's attack on Israel was one of the largest ballistic missile strikes in history, but the country's Iron Dome and array of air defences still managed to take most of them out. 

The Israeli military says it has started a 'limited' and localised ground operation in southern Lebanon — as it happened. 

As more details emerge about the Israeli attack that killed Hezbollah's leader in Beirut, analysts say it's likely US-made 2,000 pound "bunker buster" bombs were used in the strikes carried out in the densely populated neighbourhood.  

Russia has launched several waves of drone attacks targeting Kyiv, according to Ukraine's military, with air defence units engaged in repelling the strikes for several hours.

Israel's Iron Dome has successfully intercepted thousands of threats from neighbouring militant groups, but if Hezbollah escalates its strikes, the highly lauded air defence system may not "keep up".

Australians in Lebanon face flight cancellations amid growing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Others who can't leave family behind are choosing to stay.

An Israeli strike on the Syrian-Lebanese border kills five Syrian soldiers, while an attack on the southern Lebanese border town of Shebaa kills nine people from the same family.

Australia's Lebanese community is mourning family members killed by Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon. 

After almost a year of war against Hamas in Gaza on its southern border, Israel is shifting its focus to its northern frontier.

At least 492 people have been killed by Israeli strikes across Lebanon, while militant group Hezbollah has returned rocket fire. Here's what we know so far. 

Hezbollah's goal to deter Israel from further conflict has failed, but unless it is critically weakened, the attacks on Lebanon may not achieve what Israel wants.

Israel's military has launched more than 1,300 strikes on Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah after warning residents to leave areas where the terrorist group may be operating. Look back on our live coverage.

Israel launches air strikes across Lebanon after issuing multiple warnings to residents in the south about "extensive, precise strikes against terror targets".

It comes as the Lebanese health ministry raises the death toll from an Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs to at least 37, including three children and seven women.