The death toll from a "targeted attack" by the Israeli military on a Beirut suburb Friday rose to 37, including seven women and three children, Lebanon's health minister said on Saturday, as Israel and the militant group Hezbollah continued to trade strikes. The U.S. also urged Americans in Lebanon to leave the country.

After Israel turned Hezbollah’s communications system against it with deadly force, officials and experts wonder if a bigger war is coming.

As a result, the Israeli government is restricting outdoor activities and has launched emergency guidelines for civilians

Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s communication devices raised expectations of a decisive shift in their war of attrition. Instead, the fighting has returned to a standoff.

Israel’s government is in turmoil and the United States is trying to head off a wider conflict in Lebanon, leaving officials to wonder about the timing of the attack.

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded norther

Israel has launched air strikes in Lebanon and is restricting gatherings in the city of Haifa and other northern areas as it continues to attack targets linked to Hezbollah. Dozens of fighter jets started "extensively" striking southern Lebanon "following detection of Hezbollah preparing to fire toward Israeli territory",

The militant group said 16 of its members were killed in Friday’s attack in Beirut, which Lebanon’s health minister said left a total of 37 people dead.

Hezbollah confirms two of its senior commanders have been killed in an Israeli strike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its forces "conducted a targeted strike in Beirut".