Israel will face "a crushing response from the axis of resistance", Iran's Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami told Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday according to state media, after attacks on Lebanese Hezbollah's communication devices.

Hezbollah admits Israel dealt a severe blow with exploding pagers and walkie talkies, but neither side seems to heed U.S. calls to avoid a wider war.

Pager blasts killed 12 and injured more than 2,000 on Tuesday before walkie-talkies detonated on Wednesday, killing 20 and injuring at least 450. The attacks targeted members of H

An Israel citizen has been arrested on suspicion of being paid by Iranian sources to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Israeli police. The citizen, who was not named, was reportedly approached by Iranian agents while living Turkey.

An Israeli citizen has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a plot by Iran to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials, Israel's security services say. Israeli police and domestic intelligence said the man was smuggled twice into Iran and received payment to carry out "missions".

Iran condemned attacks in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday that involved exploding communications devices, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in a post on the X social media platform on Wednesday,

Iran threatened to retaliate after its ambassador was wounded in a wave of explosions that targeted pagers and other wireless devices in Lebanon, fanning fears of a new wave of tit-for-tat violence in the Middle East.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday condemned the West and the coordinated explosions of hundreds of portable radio receivers in Lebanon as a "disgrace." Pezeshkian levelled serious accusations at Israel's ally,