Israel-Hezbollah clashes deepen threat to fragile truce as Lebanon's president calls for U.S. support

TEHRAN, IRAN - AUGUST 2: A man looks at a banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and bearing messages was displayed in front of the Zolfaghar and Zolghadr ballistic missiles exhibited at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran's capital, on August 2, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIsrael's military ordered evacuations in southern Lebanon Monday, ahead of planned strikes on a Hezbollah facility, deepening cracks in a ceasefire that has failed to stop near-daily exchanges of fire.In a X post on Monday morning, Israeli military spokesperson Ella Waweya called on residents inside a building marked on an accompanying map in Deir al-Zahrani — and in adjacent structures — to "evacuate immediately" and move at least 300 meters away, saying the site was near a Hezbollah facility the army intended to target and warning that remaining in the area "puts you in danger." At least seven people, including two women, were killed in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday, with six others wounded, Reuters reported, citing Lebanon's Health Ministry. Israel described those strikes as retaliation for Hezbollah drones fired at its forces. In...