The World in Brief from The Economist

An Israeli air strike cut off the Masnaa border crossing, a key road connecting Lebanon to Syria. Also, oil prices continued to rise on Friday, with Brent crude up by nearly 1%.

Israel killed around 15 members of Hezbollah in Bint Jbeil, a town in southern Lebanon. Also, Jack Smith, the special counsel investigating Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, unsealed new evidence regarding the January 6th riots.

President Joe Biden said that America would not support an attack by Israel on Iran’s nuclear sites, as Israel weighs a response following Tuesday’s missile attack.

Heavy fighting in southern Lebanon; Russia captures key Ukrainian town, and more

Iran declared its attack on Israel to be over, barring further provocations. It said that its barrage of more than 180 missiles on Monday was retaliation for the assassinations of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. Also, J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, America’s vice-presidential hopefuls, went head to head in a televised debate.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said that Iran “will pay” after it fired around 200 missiles towards Israel.

Iran launches missiles at Israel; NATO’s new chief, and more