Escalation represents dangerous spread of war and brings threat of even more damage to the global economy

A Connecticut-born soldier in the Israel Defense Forces was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, according to a post from Israel Defense Forces and others on Sunday. Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz,

Uganda's military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba claims Uganda could enter the Iran-Israel war on Israel's side, posting a series of pro-Israel statements on X this week.

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 Israel Defense Forces need "a few more weeks" to fully degrade Iranian military capabilities, such as missile-launchers, a senior Israeli security official told ABC News. The Israeli security official poured cold water on the idea that a substantive deal between the United States and Iran could be reached within President Donald Trump's earlier deadline of this weekend.

Israeli Army Chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the IDF is spread too thin across conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Jim Sciutto is on the ground in Tel Aviv, where he spoke with former Israeli national security adviser Eyal Hulata.

A new actor has stepped into a war already being waged on multiple fronts: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who launched their first missile in months at Israel on Saturday.

The IDF indicated that Ali Hassan Shaib had been killed, calling him "a Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist who operated for years under the guise of a journalist" in a post on X. (Credit: IDF)