The Israeli military says it has launched airstrikes on hundreds of targets in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah launched its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Hezbollah had been hit in ways 'it could not have imagined', as a UN official warned of 'imminent catastrophe' after the fresh wave of cross-border strikes
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Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as Hezbollah launches deepest rocket attacks since start of Gaza war