Beirut had enjoyed a moment of relative quiet earlier in the week, during a visit to the city on Tuesday and Wednesday by Amos Hochstein, a Biden administration envoy. Hochstein, who is trying to secure a cease-fire between Israel and the Lebanese militant ...

Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group’s leaders were at the attack site.