Lauren Frayer

The last Israel-Hezbollah war in 2024 left thousands dead in the country with billions of dollars in damages.

Now, some Lebanese blame Hezbollah for dragging them into another war, this time in Iran.

At the onset, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in support of Iran, sparking Israel's retaliation.

Israel's defense minister is threatening now to destroy more homes in southern Lebanon in a stepped-up effort to oust Hezbollah once and for all.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Beirut.

Israel has ordered evacuation orders for huge swaths of Lebanon, and about a fifth of the population has been displaced.

But this strike southeast of the capital came without warning.

Footage shows flames and smoke billowing from a residential building.

This week, Israel's defense minister threatened to use on Lebanon the, quote, Gaza model, which raised many residential areas, and said he's accelerating the destruction of Lebanese homes in border villages, from which Hezbollah has fired rockets.

Human Rights Watch says forcible displacement and attacks deliberately targeting civilians are war crimes.

Israel has also struck gas stations across Lebanon that are known to have business ties with Hezbollah.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Beirut.

When the U.S.

and Israel began attacking Iran, Lindsay and Craig Foreman were in their cells in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, serving 10-year sentences on espionage charges they deny.

Lindsay Foreman's son, Joe Bennett, says airstrikes blew out windows in his stepfather's cell and inmates dove for cover.

Bennett says the couple's living under the, quote, maddening buzz of drones.

He says British government help has been, quote, almost non-existent.

And he traveled to Washington this month to ask the Trump administration for help.

NPR has asked the British government for comment on his claims.

The foremans were on a global motorcycle trip when they were arrested in Iran in January 2025.