Diplomats were hoping to calm matters - they will be looking at events with dismay.

Western allies have stepped in as chaos continues to rain down on civilians in the Middle East, with analysts fearing the worst is yet to come.

Hezbollah’s leader has said Israel wanted to ‘kill 5000’ with its device attacks – but just as he was speaking Israel performed a mock air raid on Beirut

More than 30 killed, thousands wounded over 2 days after devices used by Hezbollah were detonated

Thousands of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah terrorists have blown up in a second deadly wave of explosions across Lebanon, as Israel declares a “new phase of war”.

As the Middle East implodes, fears are growing of a global war which would be “far more devastating than anything seen so far”.

Israel yet to make statement about detonations across Lebanon that killed a 10-year-old girl and left 400 in a reported critical condition

The Biden administration has been mounting an intensive campaign to encourage both sides to de-escalate.

Western media reports suggest Israel's secret service planted bombs inside the building Ismail Haniyeh was staying in.

The head of Hamas has been assassinated — leading to warnings we are on the brink of a “full-scale war”.

The helicopter that crashed Sunday in a remote, mountainous region was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials.

The students are demanding that Columbia divest its financial support of Israel, become more transparent and provide blanket amnesty to the protesters

The threat of a major war in the Middle East has passed because Tehran has decided to bide its time