Hezbollah admits Israel dealt a severe blow with exploding pagers and walkie talkies, but neither side seems to heed U.S. calls to avoid a wider war.

Israel launched one of its most intense bombardments against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon this year Thursday, hours after the militant group’s leader condemned deadly twin attacks that he said crossed “all the red lines.

Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah says device blasts are ‘act of war’ - Israel says it struck 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers as well as other ‘terrorist sites’ while the UK and US urged res