Israel has eliminated a top Hezbollah military commander who carried a $5 million U.S. bounty, launching a surprise airstrike deep inside Beirut. Lebanon claims Israel crossed a “red line,” Hezbollah is vowing a response, and regional tensions are now spiking just days before Pope Leo’s planned visit.

Fresh outrage erupts across the Middle East as banned Israeli cluster munitions are reportedly discovered inside Lebanon—igniting a dangerous new flashpoint in the Israel–Hezbollah standoff. New images from the ground appear to show remnants of widely prohibited cluster bombs, raising fears of unexploded bomblets hidden across civilian areas.