Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut overnight, with the Israel Defense Forces saying it was striking Hezbollah targets. Hezbollah’s TV station Al-Manar reported airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital,

Israel is expanding its bombardment of militant groups in Lebanon, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time.

Israeli claims that its soldiers began ground operations inside southern Lebanon "are false," Hezbollah said in a Tuesday statement. "No direct ground clashes have yet taken place between the resistance fighters and the occupation forces," the group said, referring to Israeli troops.