Drones have overtaken more-traditional threats such as antitank missiles, Israeli officials say, and are now the leading cause of battlefield deaths.

The Maryland Democrat said if his party expects to win the presidency in 2028, it must condition military aid to Israel for a two-state solution.

Israel and Lebanon officials are set to meet today as U.S.-Iran peace talks continue. And, a federal judge declined to block Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

Fans protesting Nations League matches with Israel threw tennis balls onto the field, stopping the Ireland-Qatar friendly twice at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

BEIRUT, May 27 (Reuters) - Israel's military on Wednesday declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon as a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act "with great force" against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the zone.

Beirut had until now largely been spared even as both Israel and Hezbollah accused each other of breaking last month's ceasefire.

The Global Sumud Flotilla of 50 boats was intercepted this month in international waters some 250 miles off the coast of Israel.

Evacuations and air strikes drive Lebanese civilians from scores of towns and villages spanning a growing chunk of the country.

When the Lebanese militia Hezbollah entered the US-Israeli war against Iran by firing rockets and drones into Israel the day after the conflict began on Feb. 28, officials there saw in the crisis sweeping the region a chance to finally drive the militia,