Daniel Estrin

The Israeli military says it has begun limited and targeted ground operations against Hezbollah, sending troops across the border into parts of southern Lebanon where Israel has not previously operated during this current war.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians have followed Israeli evacuation orders and fled southern Lebanon.

The Norwegian Refugee Council aid group says one in seven people in Lebanon are now displaced.

A person briefed on the matter, not authorized to speak publicly,

and speaking on condition of anonymity, says Israel intends to gradually increase its ground incursion deeper into Lebanon, while at the same time, there are behind-the-scenes efforts to try to hold direct ceasefire talks between Israel and Lebanon.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military says it has begun limited and targeted ground operations against Hezbollah, sending troops across the border into parts of southern Lebanon where Israel has not previously operated during this current war.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians have followed Israeli evacuation orders and fled southern Lebanon.

The Norwegian Refugee Council aid group says one in seven people in Lebanon are now displaced.

a person briefed on the matter not authorized to speak publicly and speaking on condition of anonymity, says Israel intends to gradually increase its ground incursion deeper into Lebanon, while at the same time there are behind-the-scenes efforts to try to hold direct ceasefire talks between Israel and Lebanon.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Palestinian health officials report the couple in their mid-30s and their five and seven-year-old sons were all shot in the face and head.

The Palestinian Authority official news agency said the family's car came under fire as they were driving home from shopping for new clothes for an upcoming Muslim holiday.

In a statement, the Israeli military says troops were in the West Bank to arrest militant suspects when a car accelerated toward forces who opened fire, killing the four Palestinians, and that the circumstances were under investigation.

Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed at least 13 Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran began.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The man who carried out last Thursday's attack on the synagogue in Michigan had learned only a week before that an Israeli airstrike had killed his relatives in Lebanon.

The man's two brothers, niece and nephew, were killed at the home of the younger brother, Ibrahim Ghazali, the family says.

NPR visited the site of the strike and found evidence of a family living there.

including children's toys and sanitary pads.