The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

From Iran to Lebanon, chaos and fear grip the Middle East as tensions rise. Death tolls mount, conflicts escalate, and revenge plots unfold.

The statement comes after the assassination of a Hamas leader in Lebanon.

Since Israel launched a war against Hamas in October, there have been fears of the conflict spreading across Israel’s northern border to Lebanon. The targeted killing of Hamas deputy Saleh al-Arouri in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut increased the risk, putting the focus on the Lebanese Shiite group’s next moves.

The chief of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, warned Israel on Wednesday against waging war on Lebanon, a day after a strike killed Hamas's deputy leader in the southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah.

Hassan Nasrallah offers condolences to Hamas after the killing of its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri.

The explosions in Iran, killing more than 100, come a day after the killing of one of the leaders of Hamas, Saleh al-Aurori, in a drone strike in Lebanon increasing the tensions around the conflict in Gaza, writes Kim Sengupta

On the streets of Beirut, there is anger over what people believe was an Israeli violation of their sovereignty.

Along with leader Saleh al-Arouri, other significant members of Hamas died in Tuesday’s blast.

Josep Borrell warns that the killing of a Hamas leader in Lebanon could lead to an escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.

Comments by David Barnea follow assassination of Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon

Palestinian mourners broke into sobs as they huddled around defiant family members of slain Hamas deputy Saleh al-Aruri in his village in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, a day after his death in Lebanon.