Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.

Israel's military says it has killed 250 Hezbollah terrorists and has struck more than 2,000 military targets since it launched a limited ground operation in Lebanon.

U.S. officials say the White House wants to take advantage of Israel's massive blow to Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure to push for an election of a new Lebanese president in the coming days. Why it matters: Lebanon hasn't had a president for almost two ...

The assumed successor to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of an Israeli airstrike that killed other terror leaders overnight.

The fate of a possible successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unclear following anIsraeliairstrike that rocked Beirut overnight-- killing the terror group's head of communications. HashemSafieddine, Nasrallah's apparent successor, was the target of the strike, but it is unclear if he was killed, an Israeli officialtold CNN.