Beirut sees heaviest night of bombardment since Israel escalated campaign against Hezbollah

In Beirut, air strikes and huge explosions lit up the skyline through the night, and again in the last hour, as Israel targeted the southern suburbs.

You can’t see it behind but the sky is filled with smoke. It was the most intense bombardment since the military escalated its campaign against Hezbollah – with targets including a petrol station and a building previously used by the group’s Al-Manar TV.

And Israel has told people to evacuate another 25 villages in southern Lebanon.