Israel's Netanyahu orders attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling further escalation of a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the US-Iran conflict. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that Israeli attacks in Lebanon were among factors causing a delay to the diplomatic process to end โthe US-Iran war, reiterating that a Lebanon ceasefire was an integral part of any deal. People began fleein