The attack on the outskirts of Lebanon’s capital was the second in less than a week, raising fears that a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah could unravel.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least four people, as the military said it had targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel's military said Tuesday it carried out a strike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut targeting a Hezbollah operative, the second such strike since a November ceasefire. Israel has continued to carry out strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon in the months since the ceasefire,

The Israeli military is set to expand its ground operations to occupy 25% of Gaza in the coming weeks to apply “maximum pressure” on Hamas to release the remaining hostages, officials

Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city.

Israel on Monday issued evacuation orders for the southern Palestinian city of Rafah, as its military continues to assault Gaza and prospects of resuming the short lived cease-fire remain uncertain.

It is the biggest such order since Israel resumed its offensive in the Palestinian territory earlier this month.

The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah — the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip — during Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

The military order came during the Muslim holiday of Eid, and almost a year after Israel launched a devastating invasion of the city bordering Egypt.