Isaac Herzog said he ‘rejects out of hand any connection’ to the operation against Hezbollah in recent days
Hezbollah has launched more than 100 rockets across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon.
A Hezbollah leader declared an “open-ended battle of reckoning” was under way as both sides appeared to be spiralling closer towards all-out war.