Israeli forces were inside Lebanon Tuesday conducting a series of operations aimed at uprooting Hezbollah positions within a few miles of the shared border, people familiar with the matter said.The operations could continue for days or weeks depending on diplomatic developments and their success in moving Hezbollah back and stopping the attacks on northern Israel that have persisted for the past year as the two sides exchanged fire,

Israel is firing strikes into Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Israel believes it has eliminated around 30 top Hezbollah leaders over the last several weeks, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday, U.S. and Israeli officials said.