Israeli experts have suggested that external assistance may have played a role, raising speculation about possible transfers of military know-how from Russia or China.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said he urged Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to “refrain from a ground offensive” in Lebanon.

Spain has agreed to cooperate with the US military, White House said, a day after President Donald Trump suggested imposing a trade embargo on Madrid over its refusal to allow US aircraft to use jointly operated naval and air bases in southern Spain.