Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, on Wednesday (Oct 23) said that its fighters have killed more than 70 Israeli officers since the start of the ground war in Lebanon.

West Asia crisis: Hezbollah claims over 70 Israeli officers killed, 600 injured amid ground war in Lebanon

Amid Israel intensifying its offensive by sending ground troops across Lebanese-Israeli border and continuing airstrikes on Beirut and elsewhere, Hezbollah is now no longer demanding a truce in Gaza as a condition for reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Hezbollah supports Lebanon ceasefire de-linked from Gaza: US says it shows militant group weakening

Israel on Thursday (Sep 19) bombed specific locations in southern Lebanon in overnight attacks, and the Israeli military later said that it struck six Hezbollah "terrorist infrastructure sites" and a weapons storage facility.

Israel strikes seven Hezbollah sites in Lebanon after Iran-backed plot to assassinate Netanyahu revealed

There is a "very real" risk that a miscalculation along Lebanon's southern border could trigger a wider conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, two UN officials in Lebanon warned on Saturday.

'Miscalculation' could lead to wider Hezbollah-Israel conflict, say UN officials