BEIRUT — After a series of staggering losses, Hezbollah is putting up a stiff fight against Israeli forces in Lebanon’s south while continuing to rain down rockets across the border, underscoring the group’s resilience and the limitations of Israel’s ground campaign.

By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli strikes pounded Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday and Hezbollah said it fired precision guided missiles for the first time at Israeli targets,

The two countries have been fighting a shadow war for years. But direct attacks are bringing direct reprisals, or at least plans for them.

The U.S. is pushing back against a claim made by The Times of London that Israel is delaying its expected retaliation strike against Iran because of the leak of a U.S. assessment of its war plans. “We have no indication that Israel is delaying any action because of the document leak,