Iran’s new, more militaristic leaders have already survived the worst that America and Israel can deliver, and seem readier to take risks.

The retaliatory U.S. attacks came on Tuesday as Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon while targeting Hezbollah.

President Trump blamed Iran for shooting down a U.S. helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to retaliate, while Israel launched a new wave of strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday.

The city of Nabatieh once spoke to the changing fortunes of Lebanon. Now, amid unending war, it speaks to the country’s worst fears.

Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied parts of the country to fight Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group, but its military offensive has drawn in others.

Videos collected by The Times shows how the Israeli military has deployed a munition that can be extremely harmful over populated areas in Lebanon.

The seizure of Beaufort Castle evoked bitter memories, in both countries, of the deadly fighting there during Israel’s nearly two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon.

The seizure of Beaufort in southern Lebanon called up bitter memories in both countries amid a widening Israeli conflict with Hezbollah that seems far from over.

From Iran to Gaza, Eid al-Adha celebrations were muted as war dragged on and shortages of food and fuel roiled the region.

President Trump ripped up a pact designed to prevent Iran from building a bomb. Getting a better agreement now could prove difficult.

Despite a cease-fire, Israel and Hezbollah have been trading attacks almost daily.

The fragile truce in Lebanon was extended after talks in Washington this week but has come under threat as Israel and Hezbollah have traded attacks.

Iran’s foreign minister has already arrived in the country, state media reported. He was believed to be carrying a written response to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

On April 8, just hours into a ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran, the Israeli military carried out its most intense bombing campaign in Lebanon this year. The New York Times took a closer look at the deadly strikes in Beirut.

Over 100,000 people have fled to temporary shelters as Israel continues strikes on Lebanon.

The fighting continued while conditions for a possible cease-fire were debated.

Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, suggested that Israeli troops might remain in parts of Lebanon even after the fighting there winds down.

The Israeli military said its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon would intensify, while Iran threatened to attack civilian infrastructure if President Trump followed through with an ultimatum.

Israel Katz, the defense minister, said he ordered troops to destroy more bridges and buildings in southern Lebanon, stoking worries that Israel was widening a military-controlled buffer zone there.

Thousands displaced by Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s capital now shelter along the promenade hugging the Mediterranean Sea. They share it with joggers, cyclists and dog walkers, alongside dizzying displays of wealth.

The 90-mile waterway, back in focus amid Israel’s renewed offensive in Lebanon, could define how far the fighting spreads.

The town of Khiam’s location on high ground just a few miles north of the border between Israel and Lebanon has made it coveted territory over multiple conflicts.

The Israeli military said it killed the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali in an airstrike in Lebanon a week before the attack on the synagogue.

The Israeli government evacuated Kiryat Shmona during the last round of fighting with Hezbollah in 2023. Residents who were told it was safe to return are again under fire.

Allies have rushed to defend the Mediterranean nation, where the drone hit a British base. Some Cypriots wonder why the bases are still there.

Iran’s new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes.

“We just want to be back in our homes,” said a Lebanese man who, like many others in the latest round of fighting, has to flee.

At least four people were wounded on Wednesday when an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in central Beirut. Israel has been exchanging fire with the Iranian-backed armed group, Hezbollah.

U.S. officials say the country’s weapons have been diminished, slowing its attacks on Gulf nations and Israel. Iran may also be holding some weapons in reserve in case the conflict is prolonged.

Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as his father’s successor. The Pentagon announced the death of a seventh U.S. service member.

A Christian hotel owner opened her doors to Shia Muslims fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the southern outskirts of Beirut. Then a missile struck the hotel, killing her 34-year-old receptionist.

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.

“I felt great fear and I ran,” says one of thousands of Syrians who are leaving what had been a relatively safe refuge during the war in Syria.

Fighting is spreading through the Middle East as Iran retaliates against a huge American-Israeli military campaign.

With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries.

The militant group’s attacks, apparently at the behest of Iran, led to retaliation from Israel and were “practically a suicide mission” for Hezbollah, an analyst said.