Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon intensified, and countries including Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia reported fresh attacks.

In recent days, the Israeli military has issued broad evacuation warnings across southern Lebanon, raising concerns that it may be about to launch a ground invasion. The Israeli military has also pushed into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah and is massing armored vehicles along the border.

Israeli officials appear less concerned with such planning than with destroying Iranian regime capabilities. Israeli forces alone have deployed more force against Iran in four days than in 12 days of conflict last June, fought largely without the US.

Israel said it carried out airstrikes targeting Iran's security apparatus as both Israeli and U.S. officials hint at a regime change and popular uprising.

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.

Israel warned residents ⁠to ⁠leave Beirut's southern suburbs, including Hezbollah-controlled areas, on ⁠Thursday, prompting an exodus from a swathe of the capital known as Dahiyeh which a far-right Israeli minister said would ​soon resemble parts of Gaza.

A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, including the capital and the site of a major nuclear facility.

US and Israel 'moving to next phase' of war with Iran 5 March 2026 27 minutes Available for 89 days Massive explosions are reported in Tehran and in Karaj to its west as the United States and Israel step up their attacks on Iranian cities.

After meeting with the chief of staff of the French military in ⁠Beirut, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun asked Macron to intervene to "prevent ⁠the targeting of the southern suburbs following threats by the Israeli army against its residents," the Lebanese presidency said in a separate statement.