Israel has again pounded the Lebanese capital Beirut, striking the Bashoura district near parliament, as warplanes carried out air raids across the country and the military told residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately.
The latest warnings on Thursday took the number of southern towns subject to evacuation calls to 70 and included the provincial capital Nabatieh, suggesting another Israeli military operation was imminent against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
