Lebanese state media say Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago, before pulling back after fierce battles with Hezbollah militants.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Israeli troops captured a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa.   12:48 Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since invasion,

Israeli troops captured a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa, the National News Agency said.

Hezbollah is considering a US-Israeli ceasefire proposal, sources told CNN, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group intensify.

At least 28 people were killed on Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on two houses in central Lebanon where displaced families were reportedly living, the Lebanese health ministry says.

An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek