Israeli troops skied into southern Lebanon from recently captured territory in Syria overnight. The cross-border operation in snowy mountain terrain was the first of its kind by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Alpinist Unit.

"The ambassador will not leave Lebanon, in accordance with the wishes of the speaker of parliament Nabih Berri and of Hezbollah," AFP reported, citing an anonymous source.

Bridges blown up.

A Lebanese reporter working for a Hezbollah-owned network was among three journalists killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday morning. The soldier was identified as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, from New Haven,

A UN peacekeeper has been killed and another critically injured after a projectile exploded at a UNIFIL position near the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr, the mission said. "We do not know the origin of the projectile.

Whatever choices Hassan Kareet had left were all bad.