As Israel continues to bomb Beirut and proceeds with a ground incursion in Lebanon, politicians are already starting to imagine a future with without Hezbollah.

Israel has won some impressive victories against Hezbollah. But its invasion of Lebanon risks becoming a bloody stalemate.

Hezbollah said for the first time Wednesday that it was fighting Israeli forces inside Lebanon, where Israel has sent more troops for its land operation in the country. Standing in front of a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that had been destroyed earlier this week in an Israeli airstrike,

Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in the war.

Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel, while Israeli air strikes killed two senior Hamas figures in northern Lebanon.

The Israeli military urged civilians in more than 20 towns and villages across southern Lebanon to leave their homes, expanding its evacuation warnings as it works to push Hezbollah back from the border.

Gaza, tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. Israel intensified its offensive against Hezbollah, unleashing heavy bombardment on Beirut in Lebanon. Israeli forces have carried out “precise” Airstrikes that have razed down several buildings in Beirut.

Israel says massive strikes hit Hezbollah's intel unit in Beirut, as Lebanon puts the toll from two weeks of spiraling violence over 2,000.