Israel's military carried out an airborne operation that ​dropped troops into a town in eastern Lebanon overnight, residents and Lebanese state media said on ‌Saturday, as heavy Israeli strikes on the area left more than a dozen people dead.

The United Nations on Friday demanded swift investigations into fatal Israeli strikes across Lebanon to decide if they complied with international law.The Israeli military announced Friday that it had carried out 26 waves of strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in the past four days.

Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated

Renewed fighting and sweeping evacuation orders in Lebanon have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, with many leaving on foot with few belongings and nowhere to go.

The country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to disarm the Iranian-backed armed group and how the militants will respond.

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After meeting with the chief of staff of the French military in ⁠Beirut, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun asked Macron to intervene to "prevent ⁠the targeting of the southern suburbs following threats by the Israeli army against its residents," the Lebanese presidency said in a separate statement.

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.