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. Closing summary 15:15 It’s just gone 5pm in Tel Aviv, Gaza City and Beirut and we’re wrapping up today’s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.

The U.S., Israel’s closest ally, holds the key to whether the U.N. Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution.

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

Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Sryian capital.

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.