Minutes after a ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect at midnight, heavy gunfire was heard in Beirut. Hezbollah supporters were celebrating in the southern suburbs of the capital, which have been pounded by weeks of Israeli strikes.

Israel says roughly 50 aircraft struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon in a devastating 60-second operation that killed 250 operatives.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon said its fighters would keep their hands "on the trigger," signalling continued readiness to fight even as a ceasefire with Israel took hold on Friday.

The leader of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group urged Lebanon on Monday to pull out of direct talks with Israel set to take place in Washington the following d

Yemen-based Houthi rebels described the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon as a win for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, attributing it to sustained pressure on the battlefield and civilian backing.

The Israeli military killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes Wednesday, paramedic groups said, a stark illustration of the human cost of the

JERUSALEM, April 15 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday the Israeli military continued to strike at Hezbollah and was about to overcome what he described as the militia's stronghold of Bint Jbeil,