Israel is sending troops into villages farther from its border, in what some former senior security officials worry could turn into a war of attrition.

A top Iranian official has pledged his country’s unwavering support for Lebanon after talks with Lebanese leaders on the Israel-Hezbollah war.

The number of daily Hezbollah rocket strikes against Israel has fallen by nearly half as officials say they are as close as they’ll ever be to reaching a cease-fire deal in Lebanon. The Iran-backed terror group has consistently fired around 150 to 200 rockets every day in recent months,