On the Ground in Beirut

Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.

By Christina Goldbaum, Christina Thornell, Jon Miller, James Surdam and Diego Ibarra Sánchez for The New York Times

March 5, 2026