France and Lebanon say Israel violated its ceasefire with Hezbollah with a strike in Beirut, as deaths mount in Gaza after Israel abandoned its ceasefire with Hamas.

Israel attacked Lebanon's capital for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

Fears are mounting that the months-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is at risk of collapse, as conflicts elsewhere in the region expand.

Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.

STORY: Israel's air force conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday.The strike could be heard across Beirut -- the first heavy bombardment there since a U.

The United States issued on Friday fresh sanctions aimed at Hezbollah that target five individuals and three entities.

Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza last week and has been pounding Gaza with airstrikes since, killing more than 800 people. Israel has vowed to escalate the offensive if Hamas does not release hostages, disarm and leave the territory.

U.S. immigration authorities have detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza.

Hamas Spokesman Abdel-Latif Al-Qanoua was killed Thursday in a predawn Israeli air attack targeting the town of Jabalia in the Northern Gaza Strip. “Al-Qanoua was martyred when the Israeli occupation army struck his tent in the Jabalia Al-Balad area,