UN envoy pleads for calm with ‘region on brink of catastrophe’Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets at Israel as fears of all-out war grow
Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of Hezbollah senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and Hezbollah member Mahmoud Hamad in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. Photo: Reuters
Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against what it said were hundreds of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 100 people by Lebanese tallies, and warned citizens to evacuate areas where it said the armed group was storing weapons.
The latest attacks come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in almost a year of conflict, as Israel shifts its focus to its northern border, where Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of its ally Hamas, which is fighting a war with Israel in Gaza.
