The widening conflict risks drawing in the United States, which has provided crucial military and diplomatic support to Israel, as well as U.S.-allied Arab countries that host American forces.

Escalated bombings come on eve of anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel last October. Israel intensified its bombardment of southern Beirut and northern Gaza overnight, as the Israeli military stepped up its airstrikes against Iran-allied militant groups.

Israeli forces issued fresh evacuation warnings for southern Beirut, as Hamas say one of its commanders was killed in Israeli strikes on Tripoli.

Israel has been expanding its actions in Lebanon. On Saturday, it made its first strike in the northern city of Tripoli, a Lebanese security official said, and Israeli troops launched raids in the south.

The attack on the Beddawi refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli killed an official with Hamas’s military wing, along with his wife and two young daughters, the Palesitnian militant group said in a statement.

Israel says it aims to drive Hezbollah away from the border so the thousands of Israelis displaced by months of almost daily cross-border fire can return to their homes.

Israeli forces issued fresh evacuation warnings for southern Beirut, as Hamas say one of its commanders was killed in Israeli strikes on Tripoli.

Consecutive explosions in the Southern suburb of Beirut due to the ongoing Israeli Strikes.

Israel has been targeting Hezbollah in Beirut, days after Iran launched retaliatory missile attacks after a ground invasion of Lebanon.