Israel's military said it carried out an airstrike in southern Lebanon that killed two. DW has the latest.
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Two days ago, a similar measure advanced in the US Senate.
The resolution would require Trump to end military operations against Iran unless authorized by Congress.
The delay underscored growing unease within Trump’s Republican Party over the conflict, which began more than two months ago without congressional approval.
The House had blocked three previous war powers resolutions in close votes earlier this year, but the margins had become increasingly narrow. The last resolution failed on a tie vote.
"We had the votes without question, and they knew it," Democratic Representative Gregory Meeks said after the vote was canceled.
The measure is now expected to return in June after a Memorial Day recess.
The White House has defended its military campaign as legal, arguing Trump has authority as commander-in-chief to order limited operations against imminent threats.
"A short while ago, [Israeli military] surveillance identified two armed individuals moving in a suspicious manner hundreds of meters from Israeli territory, in southern Lebanon," the Israeli military posted on Telegram.
"Following their identification and continuous monitoring by the IDF, the armed individuals were struck and eliminated in an aerial strike." Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that separate overnight strikes in the Tyre district killed four people and wounded two medics at an Islamic Health Committee site.
Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group have continued exchanging fire despite a ceasefire that was extended last week following talks in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli representatives.
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