Israeli warplanes continued to strike Lebanon on Tuesday, extending a massive bombardment of Hizbollah strongholds that has killed hundreds of people so far in the worst violence to hit the country in decades.
Hizbollah too fired on Israeli military targets on Tuesday morning, targeting an explosives factory, a military warehouse and an airfield. The attacks set off air raid alarms across northern Israel but were mostly intercepted, causing limited damage.
The exchanges followed a devastating series of attacks on Monday in which the Israeli army said it hit 1,600 Hizbollah targets, including general weapons stores and concealed cruise missiles in what it called a “new phase” of conflict with the Iran-backed militant group.