The Latest: Iranian-backed militias join fighting as conflict widens and intensifies

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56% : Hezbollah launched several rockets and drones toward Israel overnight, and Israel responded by striking dozens of targets in Beirut and southern Lebanon, he said.
54% : He added that Israel is keeping "all options on the table" for a possible ground operation in Lebanon.
52% : Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said one of the frigates was equipped with an anti-drone system recently tested in a European Union-led deployment in the Red Sea to protect international shipping.
52% : WHO calls for protection of civilians and health care facilities The World Health Organization called for the sparing of civilians and health care facilities in the Middle East amid a regional conflict triggered by Israeli-US strikes on Iran over the weekend.
49% : " Israeli warplanes strike Beirut again on Monday Israel's air force carried out new airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs Monday.
45% : Traffic through the strategic Strait of Homruz has sharply dropped following U.S.-Israel weekend strikes in Iran.
43% : Israel also recommended that residents of 53 villages in southern Lebanon evacuate, causing massive traffic jams.
40% : " Attack on Israel's Beer Sheba Israel's rescue services said at least 15 people were injured by Iranian missiles in the southern city of Beer Sheba.
39% : Several missile barrages targeted Israel from Iran on Monday.
39% : Israel has called up more than 100,000 reservists since the war with Iran began on Saturday.
38% : " Lebanese seek shelter from Israeli strikes in Beirut schools Displaced families from southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs sought refuge in schools in the capital, after Israel launched its deadliest barrage of airstrikes in more than a year.
38% : The Hezbollah attack and the Israeli retaliatory strikes expand the ongoing war gripping the Mideast after the U.S. and Israel launched an airstrike campaign targeting Iran.
35% : In Israel, 11 people have been killed, with 31 in Lebanon, according to authorities.
35% : A total of four U.S. soldiers have been killed since Israel and the U.S. launched strikes against Iran on Saturday.
33% : Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, told journalists he condemned what he called the "unlawful, criminal and brutal" attacks by the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
30% : Peskov said Moscow was deeply disappointed to see the U.S. and Israel attack Iran despite the progress made in the U.S.-Iranian talks.
24% : Israel says Gaza crossings to remain closed Israel said crossings to Gaza, where much-needed humanitarian aid passes, will remain closed while the war with Iran continues.
23% : (AP) -- Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and increasing casualties.
23% : Israel expects many days of combat in Lebanon Israel's military has launched an offensive campaign in Lebanon that could include "many prolonged days of combat ahead," Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the military chief of staff, said on Monday morning.
18% : Iran's UN ambassador condemns attacks Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, said the "use of force and the deliberate killing of civilians" is a violation of the UN Charter and condemned the recent strikes by the U.S. and Israel.
15% : Israel and the U.S. have not acknowledged strikes at the site, which the United States bombed during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June.
8% : Lebanon says Hezbollah's attack on Israel is an 'illegal' act Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun said Hezbollah's rocket attack on Israel were "illegal" acts, adding that such activities give Israel a pretext to destroy the country.

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