Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Hezbollah retaliates after Israeli airstrikes

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: The Lebanese minister Nasser Yassin, coordinating the crisis response, told Reuters that 89 temporary shelters in schools and other facilities had been set up, with the capacity for more than 26,000 people as civilians have fled what he called "Israeli atrocities".

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Militant group Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV reported that the group has attacked an explosive factory 60 km inside Israel with "Fadi 2" rockets.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: "Overnight ...the IAF (air force) struck dozens of Hezbollah targets in numerous areas in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement, adding that its artillery and tanks struck additional "terrorist targets" in the area of Ayta al-Shab and Ramyeh. (AFP)

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Speaking on the plans ahead, an Israeli military official said the country is focused on an aerial campaign to degrade Hezbollah’s military capabilities, suggesting a major ground invasion was not imminent.

But a senior US official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said it’s important to take seriously Israel’s preparations for an invasion and that the US is focused on breaking the escalatory cycle.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: China's top diplomat Wang Yi expressed support for Lebanon and condemned what he termed “indiscriminate attacks against civilians”.

"We pay close attention to developments in the region, especially the recent explosion of communications equipment in Lebanon, and firmly oppose indiscriminate attacks against civilians," he said in a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart in New York.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder on their plight after nearly a year of devastating war. They are petrified that international concern has been diverted, and that a dark possibility of abandonment looms.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday marked a "significant peak" in the nearly year-long conflict.

"On this day we have taken out of order tens of thousands of rockets and precise munition. What Hezbollah has built over a period of 20 years since the second Lebanon War is in fact being destroyed by the IDF," he said in a statement, referring to the Israel Defence Forces.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Families from south Lebanon continued to flee in loaded vehicles with belongings. As bombs rained down, children crammed onto parents' laps and suitcases were tied to car roofs, reported Reuters. Highways leading to the country's north continue to remain gridlocked.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: A shocking video shows a journalist getting thrown off balance as he was on air broadcasting from his home in Lebanon's Baalbek. The journalist in the video has been identified as Fadi Boudiya, the editor-in-chief of the Miraya International Network. He has been reportedly injured after the impact. Watch here

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: The United States said it was going to discuss "concrete ideas" with allies and partners to prevent the war from broadening. President Biden said that the US was trying to calm the situation in Lebanon.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Foreign ministers of the G7 grouping warned on Monday that actions and counteractions in the Middle East risks the escalation of an all-out war from which no country would gain anything.

"Actions and counter-reactions risk magnifying this dangerous spiral of violence and dragging the entire Middle East into a broader regional conflict with unimaginable consequences," the G7 said in a statement after meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the clashes threaten to push the region into an “all-out war”. “I can say we are almost in a full-fledged war. We're seeing more military strikes, more damage, more collateral damage, more victims,” Borrell said ahead of a gathering of world leaders at the UN.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is “gravely alarmed by the escalating situation" in Lebanon. He expressed alarm on both Israel's bombing campaign and Hezbollah's continued strikes into Israel. “All efforts must be devoted to a diplomatic solution,” he said.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of “irreversible consequences and accused Israel of wanting to drag the entire Middle East into a full-blown war. “We do not wish to be the cause of instability in the Middle East as its consequences would be irreversible,” he said.

Israel-Hezbollah conflict live updates: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted "complicated days" ahead saying “I want to clarify Israel’s policy: we do not wait for the threat, we are ahead of it”.