Lauren Frayer

In a video posted to social media, officials from a Christian border village just inside Lebanon

sit on their church steps, saying Israeli troops have not arrived at their village yet, but explosions can be heard behind them.

Israeli officials say they plan to take Lebanese territory up to the Litani River, which runs 10 to 20 miles north of the current border with Israel.

Hezbollah says it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers inside that area with a drone.

Lebanon's health ministry says 42 first responders are among the more than 1,000 people killed here this month.

The UN Secretary General, who visited Lebanon recently, says it should not become the next Gaza.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Beirut.

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Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it's withdrawn the Iranian ambassador's accreditation and demands he leave no later than this Sunday.

Israel's foreign minister said he welcomes the move.

Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants are a force in Lebanese politics, but relations between Beirut and Tehran have deteriorated.

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.