Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 274 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in Israeli strikes today – the deadliest day of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in the past year.
Israel says it is “broadening” its strikes against Hezbollah as citizens in southern Lebanon have received phone messages warning them to leave places used by the Iran-backed group.
According to the BBC, Lebanon’s Prime Minister says Israel’s actions amount to “a war of extermination”, while Israel’s defence minister says strikes will continue “until we achieve our goals – to return the residents of the north safely to their homes”
Fears of an all-out regional conflict in the Middle East have grown in the past week – cross-border attacks have ratcheted up after a series of exploding device attacks on Hezbollah members which were widely blamed on Israel