Smoke billowed above suburbs of Beirut after Israel urged people to move away from branches of al-Qard al-Hasan, a Hezbollah-run financial institution.

The de facto bank is the largest microcredit organization in a country where the traditional banking sector is in shambles.

Iran's envoy to the U.N. accused President Biden of a "dangerous provocation" in saying he knew of Israel's plans to strike.

US officials confirmed on Saturday that the administration is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran.

Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at two bases near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and a naval base west of Haifa on Tuesday morning just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to make another push for an elusive ceasefire.

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into central Israel on Tuesday, setting off air raid sirens in the country’s most populated areas but causing no apparent damage or injuries

The low-boil conflict between Israel and Iran has shaped the Middle East for decades. Of the many conflicts that have roiled the region, theirs has long been among the most explosive. The two have attacked each other — mostly quietly and in Iran’s case often by proxy — while avoiding an escalation into direct war.