Israel attacked a key Lebanese bridge over the weekend as Israeli authorities approved an expansion of attacks, in what Lebanon’s president called a “prelude to ground invasion.”
Israeli forces have been hitting crossings over the Litani River and homes close to the border since a ground assault targeting Hezbollah began a week ago.
Beirut says more than 1,000 have been killed and a million displaced. The expansion of the Lebanese conflict, and growing fears of an all-out invasion, coincide with a major uptick in violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank; six Palestinians have been killed, with European governments and an Israeli general both denouncing the “terror.”