American businessman and aide to president-elect Donald Trump, said he would take over the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah to end the war in Lebanon.

At least one Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in a beach town south of Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese state media said, as other deadly strikes hit scattered locations across the country and armed group Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel.

The Biden administration sent envoys including the C.I.A. director to the Middle East this week, but Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas all appeared far from a deal to end the fighting.

Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon have killed 40 people and injured dozens more, according to Beirut's health ministry.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanon's health ministry said 40 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on the country's east including the main city of Baalbek Wednesday, with rescuers still looking for survivors under the rubble.

Ex-Masterchef contestant Hoda Hannaway's 10-year-old nephew was killed when an Israeli air strike hit a building in Lebanon's capital. Now she worries about the rest of her family's safety.

Planes are continuing to land and take off at Beirut airport, despite explosions from Israeli air attacks that could be seen from the airport grounds, videos circulating on social media showed on Thursday.