Key unfolding events as clashes between Israel, Hezbollah spiral

The Hezbollah group launched numerous rockets and missiles into Israel overnight, reaching deeper than in recent assaults. While most were intercepted, some caused damage.

Lebanese media reported that at least two people were killed on Sunday in new Israeli strikes. On Saturday, Israel conducted nearly 300 strikes, which the military described as preemptive action against a planned Hezbollah attack.

The recent violence in the Middle East has raised tension in the region with the UN boss urging the world to prevent Lebanon from becoming another Gaza, amid escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.

Here are the happenings in the region in the past 24 hours

– Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensified overnight with both sides launching large-scale strikes across the Lebanon border.

– Hezbollah fired 150 missiles into Israel, most of which were intercepted, according to the Israeli military.

– Some residential buildings in Haifa, northern Israel, were hit, sparking fires and causing injuries.

– Hezbollah’s missile strikes reached further south in Israel than any previous attacks since the conflict began on 8 October 2023.

– Israel conducted air strikes on southern Lebanon, claiming to have destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers.

– The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed it participated in the overnight assault, launching drones and missiles at Israel from Iraq.

– A UN official warned the region is “on the brink of imminent catastrophe” amid growing fears of a full-scale war.