At least 100 Hezbollah targets have been destroyed in the Israeli military’s most extensive airstrikes on southern Lebanon since the start of the war in Gaza.Israel said it had hit Hezbollah’s rocket launcher barrels and other sites across the region after around 9pm on Thursday amid fears of a major conflict.

Israel’s defense minister has declared the start of a “new phase” of the war as Israel turns its focus toward the northern front against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon