Fresh wave of Israeli strikes pound Lebanon as residents take to the roads to flee south of country.   14:30 Reuters reports Lebanese sources have informed it that a leading member of Hezbollah,

The Pentagon's deployment of additional ground troops comes after Israel launched an airstrike against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing over 350 people.

The war in Gaza always had the capacity to spread. Near-daily rocket attacks in and around northern Israel by Hezbollah, Hamas's Lebanese allies, and air strikes by Israel have displaced tens of thousands of civilians on either side of the border.